Flock & ALPR Cameras in Patterson, California
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Patterson — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Patterson in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 13:26 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
📷 16 new license plate readers just reported around Patterson, CA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Patterson
Where the cameras are in Patterson
The readers mapped around Patterson break down as 19 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Sperry Avenue — 6 readers
- Carmen Way — 3 readers
- Howard Road — 1 reader
- Vintner Circle — 1 reader
- South 2nd Street — 1 reader
- North Salado Avenue — 1 reader
- Ward Avenue — 1 reader
- Las Palmas Avenue — 1 reader
- North 1st Street — 1 reader
- South 1st Street — 1 reader
- Poppy Avenue — 1 reader
- Shearwater Drive — 1 reader
Patterson 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 19 traffic.
Camera activity around Patterson, last 30 days
23 newly reported, 7 removed in our hourly change log for Patterson. Latest change logged Sep 11, 2026.
What’s watching Patterson
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 Patterson — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Patterson (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Patterson
- 17 license plate readers reported removed near Patterson, CA
- 7 license plate readers reported removed near Patterson, CA
- 16 new license plate readers reported around Patterson, CA
- 7 new license plate readers reported around Patterson, CA
What you can do in Patterson
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.
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Cameras near Patterson
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).