Flock & ALPR Cameras in Hercules, California
Volunteers have reported 21 automated license plate readers in and around Hercules — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Hercules in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 12:29 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Hercules
The readers mapped around Hercules break down as 22 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in May 2026; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Sycamore Avenue — 6 readers
- San Pablo Avenue — 4 readers
- Willow Avenue — 2 readers
- Apollo — 2 readers
- Linus F. Claeys Freeway — 1 reader
- Refugio Valley Road — 1 reader
- Lupine Road — 1 reader
- Redwood Road — 1 reader
- Kensington Circle — 1 reader
- Camden Lane — 1 reader
- Alfred Nobel Drive — 1 reader
- John Muir Parkway — 1 reader
Hercules CA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Hercules CA PD runs 25 cameras of its own, has logged 310 plate-database searches, has captured 191,825 vehicle records. Its network connects to 342 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, Anaheim CA PD, Anderson CA PD, Angels Camp CA PD, Antioch CA PD.
Hercules in the Contra Costa County picture
Contra Costa County has 436 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #803 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 1,161,458 residents and 4,683 road miles. By road density that is 0.09 cameras per road mile, in the top 5.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 21 traffic, 1 area.
What’s watching Hercules
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 Hercules — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Hercules (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Hercules
What you can do in Hercules
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 Hercules
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).