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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Modesto, California

Volunteers have reported 72 automated license plate readers in and around Modesto — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

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of California’s reported cameras

Live camera map 72 reported cameras around Modesto, California

Every dot is a volunteer-reported license plate reader · map data curated by the DeFlock project · refreshed daily Open the full map →

Camera Watch Recently reported near Modesto

+0 this week +9 last 30 days

Sep 21 Axis Communications camera newly reported
Sep 21 Axis Communications camera newly reported
Sep 21 Axis Communications camera newly reported
Sep 21 Axis Communications camera newly reported

Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.

Where the cameras are in Modesto

The readers mapped around Modesto break down as 38 Motorola Solutions, 21 Flock Safety, 4 Axis Communications. Named operators in the reports: The Home Depot. The first camera here was reported in Feb 2026; the most recent in Sep 2026.

West Briggsmore Avenue — 5 readers
Standiford Avenue — 5 readers
Coffee Road — 4 readers
Tully Road — 4 readers
East Briggsmore Avenue — 4 readers
Scenic Drive — 3 readers
Oakdale Road — 3 readers
Yosemite Boulevard — 3 readers
I Street — 3 readers
Sylvan Avenue — 3 readers
McHenry Avenue — 2 readers
Modesto — 2 readers

+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around Modesto — all on the live map above.

Modesto in the Stanislaus County picture

Stanislaus County has 187 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #915 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 552,250 residents and 2,192 road miles. By road density that is 0.09 cameras per road mile, in the top 6% of counties nationally.

Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 63 traffic. Operators named on the record: The Home Depot (5).

Camera activity around Modesto, last 30 days

12 newly reported in our hourly change log for Modesto. Latest change logged Sep 11, 2026.

What’s watching Modesto

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 Modesto — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Modesto (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.

The latest around Modesto

What you can do in Modesto

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 Modesto

Bystrom (3) Bret Harte (1) West Modesto (1) Ceres (4)

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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).