Flock & ALPR Cameras in Manteca, California
Volunteers have reported 61 automated license plate readers in and around Manteca — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 4 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 1 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 29 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 28 Rekor camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Manteca
The readers mapped around Manteca break down as 52 Flock Safety, 3 of unrecorded make, 1 spot ai. Named operators in the reports: Manteca Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- East Yosemite Avenue — 7 readers
- West Yosemite Avenue — 5 readers
- Daniels Street — 4 readers
- West Atherton Drive — 4 readers
- Historical Plaza Way — 4 readers
- Commerce Avenue — 3 readers
- Pestana Avenue — 2 readers
- South Main Street — 2 readers
- South Union Road — 2 readers
- Austin Road — 2 readers
- East Louise Avenue — 1 reader
- Cottage Avenue — 1 reader
+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around Manteca — all on the live map above.
Manteca CA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Manteca CA PD runs 82 cameras of its own, has logged 640 plate-database searches, has captured 613,132 vehicle records. Its network connects to 372 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, Amador County CA Sheriff's Office, Anaheim CA PD, Anderson CA PD, Angels Camp CA PD.
Manteca in the San Joaquin County picture
San Joaquin County has 292 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #819 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 787,416 residents and 3,259 road miles. By road density that is 0.09 cameras per road mile, in the top 5.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 55 traffic. Operators named on the record: Manteca Police Department (4).
Camera activity around Manteca, last 30 days
4 newly reported in our hourly change log for Manteca. Latest change logged Aug 28, 2026.
What’s watching Manteca
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 Manteca — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Manteca (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Manteca
- FLOCK LPR HELPS CATCH MANTECA SHOOTING SUSPECT IN 45 MINUTES
- Rumor vs reality: Presentation on Flock LPR cameras - Manteca Bulletin
- Rumor vs reality: Presentation on Flock LPR cameras
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Manteca, CA
What you can do in Manteca
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 Manteca
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).