Flock & ALPR Cameras in Maricopa, California
Volunteers have reported 7 automated license plate readers in and around Maricopa — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Maricopa 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 Maricopa
The readers mapped around Maricopa break down as 7 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- Poso Street — 2 readers
- Western Minerals Road — 2 readers
- Pentland Road — 2 readers
- Short Road — 1 reader
Maricopa in the Kern County picture
Kern County has 259 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,066 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 910,433 residents and 20,824 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 39% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.
Camera activity around Maricopa, last 30 days
2 newly reported in our hourly change log for Maricopa. Latest change logged Sep 4, 2026.
What’s watching Maricopa
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 Maricopa — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Maricopa (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Maricopa
What you can do in Maricopa
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 Maricopa
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).