Flock & ALPR Cameras in Folsom, California
Volunteers have reported 46 automated license plate readers in and around Folsom — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Folsom in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 13:27 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Folsom
The readers mapped around Folsom break down as 31 Flock Safety, 8 of unrecorded make, 6 Genetec. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Feb 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Prairie City Road — 5 readers
- Folsom Boulevard — 5 readers
- East Bidwell Street — 3 readers
- Iron Point Road — 3 readers
- Folsom Lake Crossing — 3 readers
- Greenback Lane — 3 readers
- White Rock Road — 2 readers
- Auburn Folsom Road — 2 readers
- Montrose Drive — 2 readers
- Oak Avenue — 2 readers
- Madison Avenue — 2 readers
- Park Road — 2 readers
+ 11 more streets and roads mapped around Folsom — all on the live map above.
Folsom CA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Folsom CA PD runs 106 cameras of its own, has logged 202 plate-database searches, has captured 380,674 vehicle records. Its network connects to 332 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Alameda CA PD, Alameda County CA SO, Albany CA PD, Alhambra CA PD, Anaheim CA PD, Anderson CA PD, Angels Camp CA PD, Antioch CA PD.
Folsom in the Sacramento County picture
Sacramento County has 614 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #763 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 1,584,047 residents and 4,199 road miles. By road density that is 0.15 cameras per road mile, in the top 2.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 23 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (4).
Camera activity around Folsom, last 30 days
4 newly reported in our hourly change log for Folsom. Latest change logged Aug 27, 2026.
What’s watching Folsom
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 Folsom — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Folsom (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Folsom
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Folsom, CA
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Folsom, CA
What you can do in Folsom
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 Folsom
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).