License plate readers in Mentor, OH
Volunteers have documented 34 automated license plate readers inside Mentor. That is the 33rd-largest total among the 153 Ohio cities indexed here, and 0.5% of the statewide total. Its 1.2 readers per square mile spread across 27.8 square miles — thinner coverage than 66% of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including The Home Depot and Lowe's.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed August 13, 2026.
34
readers documented
1.2
per square mile
33rd
of 153 indexed Ohio cities · 709th of 2,395 nationally
0.5%
of Ohio’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 16 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- The Home Depot (2), Lowe's (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- traffic signal (5), pole (4), street lamp (1)
- Coverage area
- 27.8 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
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