Flock & ALPR Cameras in Carmichael, California
Volunteers have reported 13 automated license plate readers in and around Carmichael — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 27 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 16 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Carmichael
The readers mapped around Carmichael break down as 9 Flock Safety, 2 Motorola Solutions. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Fair Oaks Boulevard — 3 readers
- Walnut Avenue — 2 readers
- Porton Lane — 2 readers
- Don Way — 1 reader
- Marshall Avenue — 1 reader
- Sacramento County — 1 reader
- Winding Way — 1 reader
Carmichael in the Sacramento County picture
Sacramento County has 614 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #763 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 1,584,047 residents and 4,199 road miles. By road density that is 0.15 cameras per road mile, in the top 2.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 11 traffic.
Camera activity around Carmichael, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Carmichael. Latest change logged Aug 20, 2026.
What’s watching Carmichael
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 Carmichael — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Carmichael (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Carmichael
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Carmichael, CA
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Carmichael, CA
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Carmichael, CA
What you can do in Carmichael
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 Carmichael
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).