Flock & ALPR Cameras in Grass Valley, California
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Grass Valley — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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Grass Valley is on the record here. Grass Valley, CA suspended its Flock Safety cameras. Cited reasons: Fourth Amendment concerns; Privacy / mass-surveillance risk; Data sharing / access review.
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- Aug 11, 2026 On the agenda: Grass Valley Nevada County Board of Supervisors August 11, 2026, Meeting Agenda - Aug 11, 2026 — Flock Safety (Aug 11)
- Jun 1, 2022 On the agenda: Grass Valley Special City of Grass Valley City Council Meeting - May 19, 2022 — License Plate Reader (Jun 1)
- Oct 11, 2021 In the minutes: Grass Valley City of Grass Valley City Council Meeting - Sep 28, 2021, ALPR (Oct 11)
- Oct 11, 2021 On the agenda: Grass Valley City of Grass Valley City Council Meeting - Jun 08, 2021 — automated license plate (Oct 11)
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No new reports near Grass Valley in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 00:15 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Grass Valley
The readers mapped around Grass Valley break down as 3 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Nevada County Sheriff's Office, Grass Valley Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2024; the most recent in Jan 2025.
- Rough and Ready Highway — 1 reader
- Colfax Highway — 1 reader
- Mill Street — 1 reader
Grass Valley CA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Grass Valley CA PD runs 80 cameras of its own, has logged 298 plate-database searches, has captured 152,420 vehicle records. Its network connects to 134 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Grass Valley in the Nevada County picture
Nevada County has 85 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #170 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 7.9% nationally. That’s across 102,452 residents and 3,234 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 23.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic, 1 parking. Operators named on the record: Nevada County Sheriff's Office (1), Grass Valley Police Department (1).
Camera activity around Grass Valley, last 30 days
1 newly reported, 30 removed in our hourly change log for Grass Valley. Latest change logged Sep 7, 2026.
What’s watching Grass Valley
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 Grass Valley — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Grass Valley (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Grass Valley
- Flock reinstalled its license plate cameras in California's Grass Valley after a privacy ban — prompting a battle with its police department
- Grass Valley Police Department receives confirmation of Flock camera contract cessation: Cameras reinstalled over holiday weekend a 'misunderstanding'
- Grass Valley police remove Flock cameras again after unexpected reinstallations
- Police remove Flock cameras again after unexpected reinstallations in Grass Valley
What you can do in Grass Valley
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.
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Cameras near Grass Valley
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).