Flock & ALPR Cameras in Cool, California
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Cool — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Cool in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:09 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Cool
The readers mapped around Cool break down as 2 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: Auburn Lake Trails. Every report here dates to Dec 2025.
- American River Trail — 2 readers
Cool in the El Dorado County picture
El Dorado County has 73 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #789 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 192,299 residents and 3,596 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 28.7% of counties nationally.
Operators named on the record: Auburn Lake Trails (2).
What’s watching Cool
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 Cool — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Cool (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Cool
- California officials move to remove HOA's Flock cameras from public streets after mistaken approval
- California council eyes guardrails after HOA installs 4 plate-reader cameras in neighborhood
- California lawsuit over plate-reader cameras survives, putting drivers' privacy on trial
- San Francisco firefighters free trapped parrot as nearby flock squawks in celebration
What you can do in Cool
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 Cool
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).