Flock & ALPR Cameras in Pasadena, California
Volunteers have reported 62 automated license plate readers in and around Pasadena — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 28 License plate reader newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 11 new license plate readers just reported around Pasadena, CA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Pasadena
Where the cameras are in Pasadena
The readers mapped around Pasadena break down as 52 Flock Safety, 7 Motorola Solutions, 2 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: Pasadena Police Department, Pasadena Parking Enforcement, private. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2024; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- East Orange Grove Boulevard — 7 readers
- North Fair Oaks Avenue — 7 readers
- North Lake Avenue — 4 readers
- North Marengo Avenue — 4 readers
- Lincoln Avenue — 4 readers
- West Hammond Street — 4 readers
- North Orange Grove Boulevard — 3 readers
- East Hammond Street — 3 readers
- Linda Vista Avenue — 3 readers
- East Union Street — 2 readers
- Parke Street — 2 readers
- Painter Street — 2 readers
+ 16 more streets and roads mapped around Pasadena — all on the live map above.
Pasadena CA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Pasadena CA PD runs 61 cameras of its own, has logged 420 plate-database searches, has captured 968,949 vehicle records. Its network connects to 332 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Alameda County CA SO, Albany CA PD, Alhambra CA PD, Amador County CA Sheriff's Office, Anaheim CA PD, Anderson CA PD, Angels Camp CA PD, Antioch CA PD.
Pasadena in the Los Angeles County picture
Los Angeles County has 2,677 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,106 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 9,848,406 residents and 18,753 road miles. By road density that is 0.14 cameras per road mile, in the top 2.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 57 traffic, 3 parking, 1 residential;traffic. Operators named on the record: Pasadena Police Department (57), Pasadena Parking Enforcement (1), private (1).
Camera activity around Pasadena, last 30 days
29 newly reported, 9 removed in our hourly change log for Pasadena. Latest change logged Sep 4, 2026.
What’s watching Pasadena
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 Pasadena — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Pasadena (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Pasadena
- 7 new license plate readers reported around Pasadena, CA
- 9 license plate readers reported removed near Pasadena, CA
- 11 new license plate readers reported around Pasadena, CA
- 4 new license plate readers reported around Pasadena, CA
What you can do in Pasadena
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 Pasadena
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).