Flock & ALPR Cameras in Hanford, California
Volunteers have reported 16 automated license plate readers in and around Hanford — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Hanford in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 06:27 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Hanford
The readers mapped around Hanford break down as 15 Flock Safety, 3 of unrecorded make. The first camera here was reported in Oct 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- North 11th Avenue — 3 readers
- West Lacey Boulevard — 2 readers
- West Grangeville Boulevard — 1 reader
- East Fargo Avenue — 1 reader
- West Fargo Avenue — 1 reader
- East Grangeville Boulevard — 1 reader
- East 7th Street — 1 reader
- South 11th Avenue — 1 reader
- Hanford Armona Road — 1 reader
- East 4th Street — 1 reader
- East 5th Street — 1 reader
- South Irwin Street — 1 reader
+ 3 more streets and roads mapped around Hanford — all on the live map above.
Hanford CA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Hanford CA PD runs 17 cameras of its own, has logged 212 plate-database searches, has captured 166,993 vehicle records. Its network connects to 344 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.
Hanford in the Kings County picture
Kings County has 35 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,265 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 152,830 residents and 3,197 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 41.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 17 traffic, 1 parking_entrance.
What’s watching Hanford
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 Hanford — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Hanford (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Hanford
- On the agenda: Hanford City Council Meeting — Flock Safety (Sep 15)
- Hanford PD utilizing drones as first responders — without City approval or oversight
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Hanford, CA
- Hanford Police Department issues community notice on Flock cameras
What you can do in Hanford
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 Hanford
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).