Flock & ALPR Cameras in San Diego County, California
Volunteers have reported 1,488 automated license plate readers across San Diego County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 30 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 30 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 25 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 23 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 13 new license plate readers just reported around National City, CA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #NationalCity
How San Diego County compares nationally
San Diego County ranks #781 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 3,282,782 residents and 11,651 miles of county roads — 3.8138 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching San Diego 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 San Diego County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around San Diego
- El Cajon council candidates spar over surveillance cameras, immigration and homelessness
- El uso del sistema de cámaras Flock y las cuestiones de aplicación de la ley de ICE dividen a los candidatos de Encinitas
- Flock camera system use, ICE enforcement issues divide Encinitas candidates
- Debate over license plate readers raised at Ramona Planning Group meeting
What you can do in San Diego
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.