Flock & ALPR Cameras in Clearlake, California
Volunteers have reported 14 automated license plate readers in and around Clearlake — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Clearlake in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 19:22 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Clearlake
The readers mapped around Clearlake break down as 12 Flock Safety, 2 of unrecorded make. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2023; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Phillips Avenue — 2 readers
- Arrowhead Road — 2 readers
- Acacia Street — 1 reader
- Lakeshore Drive — 1 reader
- Olympic Drive — 1 reader
- Sulphur Bank Road — 1 reader
- Ogulin Canyon Road — 1 reader
- Moss Avenue — 1 reader
- 18th Avenue — 1 reader
- 40th Avenue — 1 reader
- Santa Clara Avenue — 1 reader
- Villa Way — 1 reader
Clearlake CA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Clearlake CA PD runs 31 cameras of its own, has logged 117 plate-database searches, has captured 62,792 vehicle records. Its network connects to 168 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Alameda County CA SO, Albany CA PD, Alhambra CA PD, Anaheim CA PD, Anderson CA PD, Antioch CA PD, Arcadia CA PD, Arvin CA PD.
Clearlake in the Lake County picture
Lake County has 66 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #108 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 5% nationally. That’s across 68,139 residents and 3,801 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 31.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 14 traffic.
Camera activity around Clearlake, last 30 days
3 newly reported in our hourly change log for Clearlake. Latest change logged Aug 25, 2026.
What’s watching Clearlake
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 Clearlake — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Clearlake (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Clearlake
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Clearlake, CA
- On the agenda: Clearlake meeting — Automated License Plate (Feb 18)
- On the agenda: Clearlake meeting — Automated License Plate (Jan 21)
What you can do in Clearlake
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 Clearlake
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).