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Cleveland, by camera type.
Cleveland: 236 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Garfield Heights 33, Lakewood 36, Independence 48 and Parma 39.
Speed cameras in Cleveland
None listed in Cleveland. Neighboring Newburgh Heights runs one (running, checked Oct 23, 2026), not yet on this map.
Red light cameras in Cleveland
None listed in Cleveland. Nearest city program in Ohio: Trotwood, about 163 mi from the city line (running, checked Oct 23, 2026), not yet on this map.
License plate readers in Cleveland
236 plate readers are on the map in Cleveland, and 197 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
First-mapped dates here run from Dec 9, 2022 to Nov 4, 2026. 189 of the 236 were first mapped in 2026, with 62 in August alone.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 6 agencies based in Cleveland that use plate readers, among them Cleveland Division of Police.
Who can search plate reads in Cleveland
EyesOnFlock lists no transparency portal for the Cleveland Division of Police (Oct 14, 2026). It posts no sharing list, so who can search reads from its cameras is not stated. The sharing lists of 170 agencies name it, so it can search their reads.
Cleveland Division of Police
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- Not stated
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 170
No transparency portal listed, Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Cleveland Metropolitan Schools Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- Not stated
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 68
No transparency portal listed, Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Cleveland Metropolitan Schools Dept. of Safety and Security - Law Enforcement
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- Not stated
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 3
No transparency portal listed, 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 Cleveland
From Ohio Department of Transportation.
Camera tickets in Cleveland
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Know when cameras in Cleveland change.
Free email alerts for cameras on your routes that start issuing tickets. One summary email a month.
- In your monthly summary: the day a camera near you starts issuing tickets
- New cameras mapped or reported near you
- What plate readers keep, and who runs them
- Your street, your distance, the camera types you pick
156,883 cameras listed or mapped so far.
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.
- 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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