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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Gridley, California

Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Gridley — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

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4
Reported cameras nearby
#701
of 898 California cities tracked
0.1%
of California’s reported cameras
Live camera map 4 reported cameras around Gridley, California
Every dot is a volunteer-reported license plate reader · map data curated by the DeFlock project · refreshed daily Open the full map →
Camera Watch Recently reported near Gridley

No new reports near Gridley in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 16:20 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.

Where the cameras are in Gridley

The readers mapped around Gridley break down as 4 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2026; the most recent in Jun 2026.

  • CA 70 — 2 readers
  • Larkin Road — 2 readers

Gridley in the Butte County picture

Butte County has 89 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #664 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 209,470 residents and 3,455 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 24% of counties nationally.

Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.

What’s watching Gridley

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 Gridley — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Gridley (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.

What you can do in Gridley

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.

Cameras near Gridley

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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).