Flock & ALPR Cameras in Fort Bragg, California
Volunteers have reported 9 automated license plate readers in and around Fort Bragg — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Fort Bragg in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 19:24 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Fort Bragg
The readers mapped around Fort Bragg break down as 9 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Fort Bragg-Willits Road — 3 readers
- South Main Street — 1 reader
- North Harbor Drive — 1 reader
- North Main Street — 1 reader
- Walnut Street — 1 reader
- East Chestnut Street — 1 reader
- West Laurel Street — 1 reader
Fort Bragg CA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Fort Bragg CA PD runs 7 cameras of its own, has logged 6 plate-database searches, has captured 58,644 vehicle records. Its network connects to 316 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, Amador County CA Sheriff's Office, Anaheim CA PD, Anderson CA PD, Angels Camp CA PD.
Fort Bragg in the Mendocino County picture
Mendocino County has 36 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #737 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 90,709 residents and 7,580 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 62% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 9 traffic.
What’s watching Fort Bragg
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 Fort Bragg — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Fort Bragg (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Fort Bragg
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 Fort Bragg
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).