Flock & ALPR Cameras in Placer County, California
Volunteers have reported 273 automated license plate readers across Placer County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 26 License plate reader newly reported
- Sep 24 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 7 License plate reader newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 22 new license plate readers just reported around Lake of the Pines, CA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #LakeofthePines
How Placer County compares nationally
Placer County ranks #422 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 19.7% nationally. The count covers 412,435 residents and 4,095 miles of county roads — 5.6251 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Placer 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 Placer County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Placer
- In the minutes: Placer County meeting, license plate reader (Mar 16)
- In the minutes: Placer County meeting, license plate reader (Jan 26)
What you can do in Placer
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.