Flock & ALPR Cameras in Sacramento County, California
Volunteers have reported 823 automated license plate readers across Sacramento County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Oct 6 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 5 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 5 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 8 new license plate readers just reported around Morada, CA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Morada
📷 14 new license plate readers just reported around Davis, CA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Davis
📷 7 new license plate readers just reported around Arden-Arcade, CA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #ArdenArcade
How Sacramento County compares nationally
Sacramento County ranks #763 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 1,584,047 residents and 4,199 miles of county roads — 3.8761 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Sacramento 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 Sacramento County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Sacramento
- 2 new license plate readers reported around West Sacramento, CA
- Sacramento’s week-in-review: SMF parking fees, Auburn flock cameras and more
- A Sacramento woman was fatally shot by a longtime stalker. DHS says he was in the country illegally - LocalNews8.com
- A Sacramento woman was fatally shot by a longtime stalker. DHS says he was in the country illegally
What you can do in Sacramento
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.