Flock & ALPR Cameras in Orange County, California
Volunteers have reported 1,464 automated license plate readers across Orange County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 6 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 6 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 6 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 6 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 17 new license plate readers just reported around Lakewood, CA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Lakewood
📷 29 new license plate readers just reported around Irvine Health and Science Complex, CA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #IrvineHealthandScienceComplex
📷 12 new license plate readers just reported around Irvine Health and Science Complex, CA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #IrvineHealthandScienceComplex
How Orange County compares nationally
Orange County ranks #764 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 3,164,063 residents and 6,653 miles of county roads — 3.8653 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Orange County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Orange County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Orange
- Santa Ana should lead Orange County by ending Flock surveillance
- Teen arrested, accused of cutting down Flock camera in Temecula
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Orange, CA
- Costa Mesa to keep Flock cameras, will reconsider contract terms
What you can do in Orange
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.