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Akron, by camera type.
Akron: 159 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Cuyahoga Falls 39, Tallmadge 26, Brecksville 26 and Canton 53.
Speed cameras in Akron
A speed camera program in Akron is listed, not yet verified.
- Speed cameras Listed program · not yet verified
The law, in short:
Ohio R.C. 4511.092-4511.0915 (citation not yet confirmed); municipal corporations only.
Red light cameras in Akron
A red light camera program in Akron is listed, not yet verified.
- Red light cameras Listed program · not yet verified
The law, in short:
Ohio R.C. 4511.092-4511.0915 (citation not yet confirmed); municipal corporations only.
License plate readers in Akron
159 plate readers are on the map in Akron, and 154 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them. Akron Police Department is tagged on 5.
First-mapped dates here run from Nov 11, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. 68 of the 159 were first mapped in 2024.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Akron Police Department and Summit County Sheriff's Office as agencies that use plate readers.
Who can search plate reads in Akron
The Akron Police Department’s transparency portal does not list who can search its plate reads (Oct 14, 2026). Its portal says it keeps each read for 30 days.
Akron Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- 30 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 146
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 171
Its transparency portal, as of Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
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Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
Traffic cameras in Akron
From Ohio Department of Transportation.
Camera tickets in Akron
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Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- Akron: speed camera program; Listed program · not yet verified
- Akron: red light camera program; Listed program · not yet verified
- IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety): lists of cities and counties with camera programs, for the 2 programs marked "Listed program · not yet verified" that rest only on its lists
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
- Ohio Department of Transportation: Camera locations: Ohio Department of Transportation (OHGO). Read November 7, 2026.
- US Census Bureau: city boundary (cartographic file 2025)
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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