Flock & ALPR Cameras in Atascadero, California
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Atascadero — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 20 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Atascadero in the San Luis Obispo County picture
San Luis Obispo County has 117 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #691 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 281,486 residents and 7,034 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 32.9% of counties nationally.
What’s watching Atascadero
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 Atascadero — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Atascadero (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Atascadero
- 3 license plate readers reported removed near Atascadero, CA
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Atascadero, CA
What you can do in Atascadero
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 Atascadero
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).