Flock & ALPR Cameras in Butte County, California
Volunteers have reported 115 automated license plate readers across Butte County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 27 License plate reader newly reported
- Sep 17 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 14 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Butte County compares nationally
Butte County ranks #664 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 209,470 residents and 3,455 miles of county roads — 4.2488 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Butte 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 Butte County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Butte
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.