Flock & ALPR Cameras in Alameda County, California
Volunteers have reported 1,412 automated license plate readers across Alameda County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 8 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 8 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 5 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 12 new license plate readers just reported around Sunnyvale, CA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Sunnyvale
📷 5 new license plate readers just reported around Discovery Bay, CA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #DiscoveryBay
📷 15 new license plate readers just reported around Tracy, CA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Tracy
How Alameda County compares nationally
Alameda County ranks #235 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 10.9% nationally. The count covers 1,651,949 residents and 3,687 miles of county roads — 7.2884 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Alameda County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Alameda County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Alameda
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Alameda, CA
- Letters: Alameda County sheriff falls short on Flock transparency
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Alameda, CA
- Alameda police tout license plate reader in arrest of driver
What you can do in Alameda
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.