Flock & ALPR Cameras in Los Angeles County, California
Volunteers have reported 3,588 automated license plate readers across Los Angeles County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 8 Genetec camera newly reported
- Oct 8 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 8 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 8 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 5 new license plate readers just reported around Glendale, CA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Glendale
📷 11 new license plate readers just reported around Pasadena, CA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Pasadena
📷 17 new license plate readers just reported around Lakewood, CA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Lakewood
How Los Angeles County compares nationally
Los Angeles County ranks #1,106 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 9,848,406 residents and 18,753 miles of county roads — 2.7182 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Los Angeles
- LA Council to Review AI License Plate Reader Pilot
- Los Angeles City Council votes to review AI-enabled licence plate reader pilot
- Los Angeles City Council Delays Axon License Plate Reader Pilot Over Privacy Concerns
- Los Angeles Delays LAPD License Plate Reader Pilot Program Over Privacy Concerns
What you can do in Los Angeles
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.
Cameras nearby in California
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.