Flock & ALPR Cameras in Contra Costa County, California
Volunteers have reported 619 automated license plate readers across Contra Costa County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 4 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 4 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 2 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 30 Axis Communications camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 5 new license plate readers just reported around Discovery Bay, CA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #DiscoveryBay
📷 7 new license plate readers just reported around Emeryville, CA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Emeryville
📷 5 new license plate readers just reported around Crockett, CA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Crockett
How Contra Costa County compares nationally
Contra Costa County ranks #803 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 1,161,458 residents and 4,683 miles of county roads — 3.7539 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Contra Costa 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 Contra Costa County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Contra Costa
- El Cerrito Police Give Flock Camera Removal Update
- Costa Mesa to keep Flock cameras, will reconsider contract terms
- Costa Mesa to keep Flock cameras, renegoiate city's contract
- Costa Mesa will keep Flock Safety cameras, renegoiate terms of city’s contract
What you can do in Contra Costa
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.