Flock & ALPR Cameras in San Francisco County, California
Volunteers have reported 487 automated license plate readers across San Francisco County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 5 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 5 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 4 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 7 new license plate readers just reported around Emeryville, CA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Emeryville
📷 5 new license plate readers just reported around Crockett, CA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Crockett
How San Francisco County compares nationally
San Francisco County ranks #471 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 22% nationally. The count covers 836,321 residents and 371 miles of county roads — 5.297 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching San Francisco 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 Francisco County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around San Francisco
- San Francisco Tightens Flock Camera Rules, but Privacy Advocate Calls Changes ‘Performative’
- As Americans vandalise Flock surveillance cameras across US, San Francisco says devices to stay but with
- As Americans vandalise Flock surveillance cameras across US, San Francisco says devices to stay but with tighter rules: What is changing
- San Francisco is sticking with Flock
What you can do in San Francisco
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.
Cameras nearby in California
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.