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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Blythe, California

Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Blythe — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

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5
Reported cameras nearby
#648
of 898 California cities tracked
0.1%
of California’s reported cameras
Live camera map 5 reported cameras around Blythe, 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 Blythe
+0 this week +1 last 30 days
  • Sep 17 Flock Safety camera newly reported

Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.

Where the cameras are in Blythe

The readers mapped around Blythe break down as 4 Flock Safety, 1 Motorola Solutions. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2026; the most recent in Sep 2026.

  • Route 95 — 1 reader
  • West Hobsonway — 1 reader
  • Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway — 1 reader
  • East Hobsonway — 1 reader
  • South Lovekin Boulevard — 1 reader

Blythe CA PD and the sharing network

Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Blythe CA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 105 other agencies.

Blythe in the Riverside County picture

Riverside County has 1,818 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #222 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 10.3% nationally. That’s across 2,449,909 residents and 12,509 road miles. By road density that is 0.15 cameras per road mile, in the top 2.7% of counties nationally.

Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 5 traffic.

Camera activity around Blythe, last 30 days

1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Blythe. Latest change logged Sep 4, 2026.

What’s watching Blythe

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

What you can do in Blythe

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 Blythe

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