Flock & ALPR Cameras in Kern County, California
Volunteers have reported 454 automated license plate readers across Kern County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 27 License plate reader newly reported
- Sep 26 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 24 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 24 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 12 new license plate readers just reported around Bakersfield, CA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Bakersfield
How Kern County compares nationally
Kern County ranks #1,066 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 910,433 residents and 20,824 miles of county roads — 2.8448 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Kern County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Kern County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Kern
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.