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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Avenal, California

Volunteers have reported 7 automated license plate readers in and around Avenal — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

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7
Reported cameras nearby
#604
of 898 California cities tracked
0.1%
of California’s reported cameras
Live camera map 7 reported cameras around Avenal, California
Every dot is a volunteer-reported license plate reader · map data curated by the DeFlock project · refreshed daily Open the full map →
Camera Watch Recently reported near Avenal

No new reports near Avenal in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:12 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.

Where the cameras are in Avenal

The readers mapped around Avenal break down as 7 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.

  • CA 33 — 3 readers
  • 36th Avenue — 2 readers
  • Skyline Boulevard — 1 reader
  • South Corcoran Avenue — 1 reader

Avenal CA PD and the sharing network

Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Avenal CA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 119 other agencies.

Avenal in the Kings County picture

Kings County has 35 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,265 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 152,830 residents and 3,197 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 41.3% of counties nationally.

Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 6 traffic.

Camera activity around Avenal, last 30 days

5 newly reported in our hourly change log for Avenal. Latest change logged Sep 4, 2026.

What’s watching Avenal

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 Avenal — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Avenal (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.

The latest around Avenal

What you can do in Avenal

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.

Cameras near Avenal

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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).