Verified Flock
Yep. Cleveland is flocked.
Yes. Public records in our database document Flock Safety automated license plate readers in Cleveland, Ohio recorded for Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department, Cleveland Division of Police, Cleveland State University Parking Services, Case Western Reserve University Police Department, Cleveland Metroparks Police Department and Cuyahoga Heights Police Department. Separately, 177 individual ALPR camera locations mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors fall inside the municipal boundary, 146 of them source-tagged Flock Safety.
Agency
Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department
Agency type
Sheriff
Jurisdiction
County
County
Cuyahoga County
State
Ohio (OH)
Vendor
Selex
The Cuyahoga County Sheriff operates a network of 80 automated license plate readers throughout Northeastern Ohio in partnership with 20 local law enforcement agencies.
Sources · record AOS000167
Agency
Cleveland Division of Police
Agency type
Police
Jurisdiction
Municipal
County
Cuyahoga County
State
Ohio (OH)
Vendor
Flock Safety, Selex
The Cleveland Division of Police received a grant in 2022 to purchase automated license plate readers. The agency previously accessed the tool through a partnership with Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office.
Verified deployment detail
No primary sources on file yet
Cameras / readers
Not publicly verified
Contract price
Not publicly verified
Contract start
Not publicly verified
Contract end
Not publicly verified
Data retention
Not publicly verified
Data sharing documented
Not publicly verified
Date approved
Not publicly verified
ALPR policy
Not publicly verified
Contract / public record
Not publicly verified
Flock transparency portal
Not publicly verified
Every value above is transcribed from the linked document. Nothing is estimated or inferred, and claims circulating on social media are never published here. “Not publicly verified” means we have not found a reliable primary or reported source — never that the thing does not exist.
Sources · record AOS000168
Agency
Cleveland State University Parking Services
Agency type
Parking Enforcement
Jurisdiction
University
County
Cuyahoga County
State
Ohio (OH)
Vendor
No verified record currently in our database
Cleveland State University Parking Services uses automated license plate readers for parking enforcement, according to records from 2014.
Sources · record AOS007828
Agency
Case Western Reserve University Police Department
Agency type
Police
Jurisdiction
University
County
Cuyahoga County
State
Ohio (OH)
Vendor
Flock Safety
The Case Western Reserve University Police Department operates six Flock Safety automated license plate readers and other cameras as of June 2025. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.
Verified deployment detail
No primary sources on file yet
Cameras / readers
Not publicly verified
Contract price
Not publicly verified
Contract start
Not publicly verified
Contract end
Not publicly verified
Data retention
Not publicly verified
Data sharing documented
Not publicly verified
Date approved
Not publicly verified
ALPR policy
Not publicly verified
Contract / public record
Not publicly verified
Flock transparency portal
Not publicly verified
Every value above is transcribed from the linked document. Nothing is estimated or inferred, and claims circulating on social media are never published here. “Not publicly verified” means we have not found a reliable primary or reported source — never that the thing does not exist.
Sources · record AOS015567
Agency
Cleveland Metroparks Police Department
Agency type
Parks
Jurisdiction
Regional
County
Cuyahoga County
State
Ohio (OH)
Vendor
Flock Safety
The Cleveland Metroparks Police Department operates 19 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Verified deployment detail
No primary sources on file yet
Cameras / readers
Not publicly verified
Contract price
Not publicly verified
Contract start
Not publicly verified
Contract end
Not publicly verified
Data retention
Not publicly verified
Data sharing documented
Not publicly verified
Date approved
Not publicly verified
ALPR policy
Not publicly verified
Contract / public record
Not publicly verified
Flock transparency portal
Not publicly verified
Every value above is transcribed from the linked document. Nothing is estimated or inferred, and claims circulating on social media are never published here. “Not publicly verified” means we have not found a reliable primary or reported source — never that the thing does not exist.
Sources · record AOS016912
Agency
Cuyahoga Heights Police Department
Agency type
Police
Jurisdiction
Municipal
County
Cuyahoga County
State
Ohio (OH)
Vendor
Flock Safety
The Cuyahoga Heights Police Department operates 14 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Verified deployment detail
No primary sources on file yet
Cameras / readers
Not publicly verified
Contract price
Not publicly verified
Contract start
Not publicly verified
Contract end
Not publicly verified
Data retention
Not publicly verified
Data sharing documented
Not publicly verified
Date approved
Not publicly verified
ALPR policy
Not publicly verified
Contract / public record
Not publicly verified
Flock transparency portal
Not publicly verified
Every value above is transcribed from the linked document. Nothing is estimated or inferred, and claims circulating on social media are never published here. “Not publicly verified” means we have not found a reliable primary or reported source — never that the thing does not exist.
Sources · record AOS016917
These entries document that an agency has been reported to use ALPR technology. They do not establish camera counts, exact locations, cost, retention periods or sharing policies unless the linked source says so.
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Everything on this page traces back to the records below. Where a record carries no linked document, we say so instead of filling the gap.
Deployment records come from the EFF Atlas of Surveillance ↗. Database last updated 2026-08-07.
177 mapped camera points inside the Cleveland boundary, from OpenStreetMap contributors via the DeFlock ↗ dataset (ODbL). Each point links to its own OpenStreetMap record in the camera list on this page.
Camera points are matched to this municipality by point-in-polygon containment against US Census Bureau cartographic boundaries (2023) — the coordinate falls inside the municipal boundary. Containment is a statement about location only, never about ownership, operation, purchase or deployment.
Other Ohio communities with a record in our database — nearest by county first. Absence from this list is not evidence of absence.
WOSU reports that two central Ohio school districts, Worthington City Schools and Olentangy Local Schools, cancelled their Flock Safety contracts.
WOSU Public MediaSep 1, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
The Upper Arlington Police Division published a Flock transparency portal listing its ALPR policies, usage statistics and privacy safeguards, per the city's own announcement.
City of Upper ArlingtonJul 30, 2026Official / governmentFlock Safety
The Dispatch reported that federal immigration authorities had a path to Columbus police Flock data until sharing settings were changed earlier in the year.
The Columbus DispatchJul 17, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther paused Flock data sharing after an audit identified immigration-related searches, according to the Dispatch.
The Columbus DispatchJul 10, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
Camera counts, contract prices, retention and sharing policies are shown only where we found a primary source. Where they're missing, the information is not publicly verified — see the Flock Files for the documents we do have.
Data attribution
Portions of the surveillance deployment data on this site come from the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Atlas of Surveillance. atlasofsurveillance.org ↗ Are You Flocked? is independent and is not affiliated with the EFF or Flock Safety. Database last updated 2026-08-07.
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