Flock & ALPR Cameras in San Rafael, California
Volunteers have reported 16 automated license plate readers in and around San Rafael — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near San Rafael in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 23:26 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in San Rafael
The readers mapped around San Rafael break down as 16 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2024; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Hetherton Street — 2 readers
- Irwin Street — 2 readers
- 1st Street — 2 readers
- Shoreline Parkway — 2 readers
- Point San Pedro Road — 1 reader
- Medway Road — 1 reader
- Francisco Boulevard East — 1 reader
- Second Street — 1 reader
- Lincoln Hill Path — 1 reader
- Third Street — 1 reader
- Kerner Boulevard — 1 reader
- Grand Avenue — 1 reader
San Rafael CA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, San Rafael CA PD runs 27 cameras of its own, has logged 123 plate-database searches, has captured 417,834 vehicle records. Its network connects to 135 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Alameda County CA SO, Belvedere CA PD, Berkeley CA PD, California Highway Patrol, Central Marin CA PD, El Cerrito CA PD, Fairfield CA PD, Foster City CA PD.
San Rafael in the Marin County picture
Marin County has 99 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #777 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 258,765 residents and 1,787 road miles. By road density that is 0.06 cameras per road mile, in the top 11.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 8 traffic, 2 street, 1 area. Operators named on the record: Flock Safety (1).
What’s watching San Rafael
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond San Rafael — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to San Rafael (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around San Rafael
- 4 new license plate readers reported around San Rafael, CA
- 2 new license plate readers reported around San Rafael, CA
- San Rafael flock camera aids in car theft arrest, handgun recovery
- San Rafael is the latest Bay Area city to consider adding license plate readers
What you can do in San Rafael
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near San Rafael
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).