Flock & ALPR Cameras in Aromas, California
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Aromas — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 3 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Aromas, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 2 of them sit inside Aromas itself.
The rest sit in Pajaro (1).
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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No new reports near Aromas in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:01 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Aromas
The readers mapped around Aromas break down as 3 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2024; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Carpenteria Road — 2 readers
- San Juan Road — 1 reader
Aromas in the Monterey County picture
Monterey County has 303 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #264 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 12.3% nationally. That’s across 435,834 residents and 6,864 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 14.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.
Camera activity around Aromas, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Aromas. Latest change logged Aug 30, 2026.
What’s watching Aromas
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Aromas — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Aromas (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Aromas
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Aromas
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).