Flock & ALPR Cameras in Tiffin, Ohio
Volunteers have reported 7 automated license plate readers in and around Tiffin — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 7 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Tiffin, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 4 of them sit inside Tiffin itself.
The rest sit in Hopewell Township (2), Pleasant Township (1).
4 of them name an operator in the record: Lowe's (4). The operator is who runs the camera, which is not always the local government.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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No new reports near Tiffin in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 15:26 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Tiffin
The readers mapped around Tiffin break down as 7 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Apr 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- West Market Street — 3 readers
- Saint Lawrence Drive — 1 reader
- South County Road 7 — 1 reader
- West Township Road 112 — 1 reader
- Cr38 — 1 reader
Tiffin in the Seneca County picture
Seneca County has 8 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,576 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 54,861 residents and 1,553 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 59.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 7 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (4).
Camera activity around Tiffin, last 30 days
2 removed in our hourly change log for Tiffin. Latest change logged Sep 2, 2026.
What’s watching Tiffin
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Tiffin — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Tiffin (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Tiffin
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Tiffin, OH
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Tiffin, OH
- Aaron Jones calls for bipartisan limits on Flock cameras, AI surveillance in Ohio
What you can do in Tiffin
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Tiffin
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).