License plate-reading cameras: Which Dayton-area police departments use them

Late last year, the Dayton Daily News reported on Dayton’s plan to purchase and install more than three dozen fixed-site automated license plate readers in several neighborhoods that city officials say have requested the controversial devices.

This follows a Dayton Daily News investigation that found the many Dayton-area cities have already installed automated license plate reading devices in the past several months.

Others said they plan to shift from in-cruiser technology to stationary cameras or are assessing expanded use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) due to the devices’ effectiveness in helping solve crimes, a recent Dayton Daily News survey found.

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The Dayton Daily News surveyed area communities this past spring and this again fall on the use of automated license plate readers. The combined data indicated the following:

Installed or plan to install ALPRs:

• Beavercreek

• Centerville

• Dayton*

• Franklin

• Kettering

• Miamisburg

• Miami Twp.

• Riverside

• Springboro

• Troy**

• Vandalia