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Ohio’s surveillance technology, as reported

Press coverage naming Ohio or a jurisdiction within it — each story tagged with the technology it covers. 23 stories

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Date	Source	Story
Jul 2, 2026	Current Affairs.org	Jessica Burbank on the Rise of Flock Safety and America's Surveillance State - Current Affairs.org Current Affairs.org Fixed cameras & RTCC Lucas County
Jul 1, 2026	Cleveland.com	What we learned from tallying 1,717 license plate readers across Cuyahoga County - Cleveland.com Cleveland.comMetered ALPR Cuyahoga County
Jul 1, 2026	ClickOnDetroit \| WDIV Local 4	Detroit City Council approves 9-month ShotSpotter extension after heated 5-4 vote - ClickOnDetroit \| WDIV Local 4 ClickOnDetroit \| WDIV Local 4 Gunshot detection Wayne County
Jun 25, 2026	Cleveland.com	Cleveland Heights for Immigrant Rights logs more dubious Flock data searches (Updated) - Cleveland.com Cleveland.com Fusion & data sharing City of Cleveland
Jun 11, 2026	Signal Cleveland	CMSD faces questions about its 201 Flock license plate readers as contract renewal approaches - Signal Cleveland Signal Cleveland Schools & transit City of Cleveland
Jun 5, 2026	Cleveland.com	How many license plate reader cameras are in Cuyahoga County? The Wake Up for Friday, June 5, 2026 - Cleveland.com Cleveland.comMetered ALPR Cuyahoga County
Jun 4, 2026	Cleveland.com	With 1,700+ license plate readers, is Cuyahoga County in a ‘surveillance state’? - Cleveland.com Cleveland.comMeteredalso carried by 1 other outlet ALPR Cuyahoga County
May 27, 2026	Matter News	AI weapon-detection systems make their way to central Ohio schools - Matter News Matter News Schools & transit Jonathan Alder Local School District
May 20, 2026	Dayton Daily News	Area police share license plate reader data for immigration, unstated reasons, records show - Dayton Daily News Dayton Daily NewsMetered ALPR Montgomery County
May 20, 2026	Cleveland.com	Records show Cleveland’s Flock network used for immigration searches. City blames Flock and drones - Cleveland.com Cleveland.com Drones / UAS City of Cleveland
May 7, 2026	Cleveland.com	Hundreds of immigration-related searches ran through Shaker Heights’ Flock surveillance camera system - Cleveland.com Cleveland.com Fusion & data sharing City of Shaker Heights
May 4, 2026	Cleveland.com	Guns keep getting into Ohio schools. How can the danger be stopped? - Cleveland.com Cleveland.com Schools & transit Parma City School District
Apr 30, 2026	Toledo Blade	Monroe County sheriff addresses concerns with drone pilot program - Toledo Blade Toledo BladePaywalled Drones / UAS Monroe County
Apr 28, 2026	WOSU Public Media	Central Ohio police departments have spent nearly $2 million on Flock license plate cameras - WOSU Public Media WOSU Public Media ALPR Franklin County
Apr 6, 2026	Treasure Coast News	Flock Safety cameras use AI to scan license plates - Treasure Coast News Treasure Coast News ALPR Sandusky County
Mar 27, 2026	Cleveland Scene	Op-Ed: Northeast Ohio Officials Must Protect Residents and Reject Flock - Cleveland Scene Cleveland Scene ALPR Lake County
Mar 29, 2024	Cleveland.com	‘We’re getting fed up:’ Cleveland neighborhood debates using license plate readers as crime spikes - Cleveland.com Cleveland.comMetered ALPR Cuyahoga County
Sep 3, 2021	GovTech	Ohio Communities Roll Out Automated License Plate Readers - GovTech GovTech ALPR Summit County Cuyahoga County
Dec 4, 2017	Cleveland.com	License-plate scanners result in few 'hits,' but are invaluable in solving crimes, police say - Cleveland.com Cleveland.comMetered ALPR Cuyahoga County
Nov 14, 2017	Cleveland.com	Cuyahoga County's license-plate scanners to be placed at busiest intersections - Cleveland.com Cleveland.comMetered ALPR Cuyahoga County
Nov 14, 2017	Cleveland.com	Controversial license-plate scanners to go up in Cleveland, 18 suburbs - Cleveland.com Cleveland.comMetered ALPR Cuyahoga County
Jan 22, 2013	Patch	Police Car Camera Can Get You Coming and Going - Patch Patch ALPR Cuyahoga County
Jul 16, 2010	Cleveland.com	Northeast Ohio police getting equipment that reads thousands of license plates a minute - Cleveland.com Cleveland.comMetered ALPR Cuyahoga County Lake County

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