Flock & ALPR Cameras in Meadow Vista, California
Volunteers have reported 8 automated license plate readers in and around Meadow Vista — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Meadow Vista in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 19:25 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Meadow Vista
The readers mapped around Meadow Vista break down as 8 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Placer County Sheriff’s Office, Placer County Sheriff. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2024; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- Crother Road — 2 readers
- Lake Arthur Road — 2 readers
- Placer Hills Road — 1 reader
- West Weimar Cross Road — 1 reader
- Placer County — 1 reader
- Christian Valley Road — 1 reader
Meadow Vista in the Placer County picture
Placer County has 232 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #422 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 19.7% nationally. That’s across 412,435 residents and 4,095 road miles. By road density that is 0.06 cameras per road mile, in the top 10.9% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 5 traffic. Operators named on the record: Placer County Sheriff’s Office (1), Placer County Sheriff (1).
Camera activity around Meadow Vista, last 30 days
1 newly reported, 1 removed in our hourly change log for Meadow Vista. Latest change logged Sep 2, 2026.
What’s watching Meadow Vista
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 Meadow Vista — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Meadow Vista (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Meadow Vista
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 Meadow Vista
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).