Flock & ALPR Cameras in Morro Bay, California
Volunteers have reported 10 automated license plate readers in and around Morro Bay — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Morro Bay in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 22:21 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Morro Bay
The readers mapped around Morro Bay break down as 10 Motorola Solutions. Named operators in the reports: Morro Bay Police Department. Every report here dates to Feb 2025.
- Morro Bay Boulevard — 3 readers
- South Bay Boulevard — 2 readers
- Main Street — 2 readers
- Old U.S. Route 466 — 2 readers
- Beach Street — 1 reader
Morro Bay in the San Luis Obispo County picture
San Luis Obispo County has 117 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #691 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 281,486 residents and 7,034 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 32.9% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 10 traffic. Operators named on the record: Morro Bay Police Department (10).
What’s watching Morro Bay
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 Morro Bay — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Morro Bay (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Morro Bay
What you can do in Morro Bay
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 Morro Bay
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).