Flock & ALPR Cameras in Empire, California
Volunteers have reported 9 automated license plate readers in and around Empire — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 9 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Empire, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside Empire itself.
The rest sit in Modesto (9).
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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No new reports near Empire in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 15:28 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Empire
The readers mapped around Empire break down as 8 Motorola Solutions, 1 Axis Communications. The first camera here was reported in Apr 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- East Briggsmore Avenue — 4 readers
- Claus Road — 3 readers
- Scenic Drive — 1 reader
- Dry Creek Drive — 1 reader
Empire in the Stanislaus County picture
Stanislaus County has 187 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #915 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 552,250 residents and 2,192 road miles. By road density that is 0.09 cameras per road mile, in the top 6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 9 traffic.
Camera activity around Empire, last 30 days
2 newly reported, 1 removed in our hourly change log for Empire. Latest change logged Sep 6, 2026.
What’s watching Empire
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 Empire — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Empire (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Empire
- Flock Safety's Unsecured Surveillance Empire: Hard-Coded Secrets and Mass Data Hoarding Spark Fresh Outrage
- Flock cameras under scrutiny across Empire State
- À surveiller: Empire/IGA, Stingray et Walmart
- Darth Vader Tells San Diego Council The Empire Loves Its Flock Cameras
What you can do in Empire
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 Empire
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).