Flock & ALPR Cameras in El Cajon, California
Volunteers have reported 46 automated license plate readers in and around El Cajon — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near El Cajon in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 22:21 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in El Cajon
The readers mapped around El Cajon break down as 42 Flock Safety, 4 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: City of El Cajon. The first camera here was reported in Oct 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- East Chase Avenue — 5 readers
- West Main Street — 4 readers
- Fletcher Parkway — 4 readers
- East Main Street — 3 readers
- Avocado Avenue — 3 readers
- Ballantyne Street — 3 readers
- East Madison Avenue — 3 readers
- Graves Avenue — 2 readers
- North Magnolia Avenue — 2 readers
- South Magnolia Avenue — 2 readers
- East Washington Avenue — 2 readers
- South Mollison Avenue — 2 readers
+ 10 more streets and roads mapped around El Cajon — all on the live map above.
El Cajon CA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, El Cajon CA PD runs 102 cameras of its own, has logged 649 plate-database searches, has captured 774,110 vehicle records. Its network connects to 815 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Acworth GA PD, Ada County ID SO, Adams County WA SO, Adrian MI PD, Alabaster AL PD, Alameda County CA SO, Albion MI DPS, Alexandria VA PD.
El Cajon in the San Diego County picture
San Diego County has 1,252 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #781 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 3,282,782 residents and 11,651 road miles. By road density that is 0.11 cameras per road mile, in the top 4.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 41 traffic, 5 public. Operators named on the record: City of El Cajon (5).
What’s watching El Cajon
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 El Cajon — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to El Cajon (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around El Cajon
- El Cajon council candidates spar over surveillance cameras, immigration and homelessness
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- Socialist challenges conservative incumbent Mayor Bill Wells in El Cajon, three vie for open council seat
- 2 new license plate readers reported around El Cajon, CA
What you can do in El Cajon
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 El Cajon
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).