Flock & ALPR Cameras in Riverside County, California
Volunteers have reported 2,363 automated license plate readers across Riverside County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 2 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 30 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 29 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 21 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 12 new license plate readers just reported around Palm Springs, CA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #PalmSprings
How Riverside County compares nationally
Riverside County ranks #222 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 10.3% nationally. The count covers 2,449,909 residents and 12,509 miles of county roads — 7.4207 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Riverside 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 Riverside County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Riverside
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Riverside, CA
- Riverside County Sheriff's Department pitches real-time crime center to Rancho Mirage in first city presentation
- Murrieta Approves $750K Contract Amendment With Flock Safety For Drone As First Responder Program
- Riverside County approves new contract to increase the number of license-plate reading cameras
What you can do in Riverside
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.