Flock & ALPR Cameras in Chico, California
Volunteers have reported 47 automated license plate readers in and around Chico — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 21, 2026 On the agenda: Chico 9/21/26 Special City Council Meeting - Sep 21, 2026 — AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE (Sep 21)
- Sep 18, 2026 On the agenda: Chico 9/21/26 Special City Council Meeting - Sep 21, 2026 — AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE (Sep 18)
- Sep 15, 2026 On the agenda: Chico 9/15/26 Council Meeting - Sep 15, 2026 — Automated License Plate (Sep 15)
- Jun 17, 2025 On the agenda: Chico 6/17/25 City Council - Jun 17, 2025 — license plate reader (Jun 17)
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No new reports near Chico in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:28 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Chico
The readers mapped around Chico break down as 39 Motorola Solutions, 5 Flock Safety, 3 of unrecorded make. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Cohasset Road — 6 readers
- Skyway Road — 6 readers
- East Avenue — 6 readers
- Esplanade — 6 readers
- East 20th Street — 4 readers
- Notre Dame Boulevard — 3 readers
- Forest Avenue — 3 readers
- West Sacramento Avenue — 2 readers
- East Park Avenue — 2 readers
- West East Avenue — 2 readers
- Bruce Road — 2 readers
- Midway — 1 reader
+ 4 more streets and roads mapped around Chico — all on the live map above.
Chico in the Butte County picture
Butte County has 89 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #664 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 209,470 residents and 3,455 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 24% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 46 traffic.
What’s watching Chico
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 Chico — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Chico (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Chico
- On the agenda: Chico 9/21/26 Special City Council Meeting - Sep 21, 2026 — AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE (Sep 21)
- On the agenda: Chico 9/21/26 Special City Council Meeting - Sep 21, 2026 — AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE (Sep 18)
- On the agenda: Chico 9/15/26 Council Meeting - Sep 15, 2026 — Automated License Plate (Sep 15)
- MONCA makes sudden leadership change | California ALPR safeguards bill dies | Remembering Gloria Steinem in Chico
What you can do in Chico
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.
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Cameras near Chico
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).