Flock & ALPR Cameras in Hilmar-Irwin, California
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Hilmar-Irwin — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Hilmar-Irwin in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:11 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Hilmar-Irwin
The readers mapped around Hilmar-Irwin break down as 1 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Jun 2026.
- CA 140 — 1 reader
Hilmar-Irwin in the Merced County picture
Merced County has 52 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,451 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 285,597 residents and 3,702 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 36.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.
What’s watching Hilmar-Irwin
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 Hilmar-Irwin — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Hilmar-Irwin (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Hilmar-Irwin
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 Hilmar-Irwin
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).