Flock & ALPR Cameras in Healdsburg, California
Volunteers have reported 10 automated license plate readers in and around Healdsburg — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Healdsburg in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 08:31 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Healdsburg
The readers mapped around Healdsburg break down as 10 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2025; the most recent in May 2026.
- Healdsburg Avenue — 5 readers
- Mill Street — 2 readers
- Dry Creek Road — 1 reader
- Grant Avenue — 1 reader
- University Street — 1 reader
Healdsburg CA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Healdsburg CA PD runs 32 cameras of its own, has logged 74 plate-database searches, has captured 147,146 vehicle records. Its network connects to 42 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Healdsburg in the Sonoma County picture
Sonoma County has 326 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #281 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 13.1% nationally. That’s across 485,642 residents and 4,667 road miles. By road density that is 0.07 cameras per road mile, in the top 8.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 10 traffic.
What’s watching Healdsburg
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 Healdsburg — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Healdsburg (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Healdsburg
- On the agenda: Healdsburg meeting — license plate reader (May 27)
- On the agenda: Healdsburg meeting — license plate reader (Mar 25)
- In the minutes: Healdsburg meeting, public safety camera (Mar 16)
- After months of debate, Healdsburg OKs installation of 15 surveillance cameras to help fight crime
What you can do in Healdsburg
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 Healdsburg
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).