Flock & ALPR Cameras in Sonoma, California
Volunteers have reported 12 automated license plate readers in and around Sonoma — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Sonoma in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 21:32 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Sonoma
The readers mapped around Sonoma break down as 10 Flock Safety, 2 Motorola Solutions. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2026; the most recent in Jun 2026.
- Broadway — 4 readers
- Napa Road — 3 readers
- 5th Street East — 1 reader
- East Macarthur Street — 1 reader
- West Napa Street — 1 reader
- 5th Street West — 1 reader
- 4th Street East — 1 reader
Sonoma in the Sonoma County picture
Sonoma County has 326 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #281 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 13.1% nationally. That’s across 485,642 residents and 4,667 road miles. By road density that is 0.07 cameras per road mile, in the top 8.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 10 traffic, 1 area, 1 street.
What’s watching Sonoma
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 Sonoma — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Sonoma (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Sonoma
- Four Arrested in Connection with Fatal Assault at Sonoma Plaza
- Four Arrested After Deadly Sonoma Plaza Assault Using Flock ALPR Surveillance
- Sonoma City Council approves new city manager, reviews impending state fire safety rules
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Sonoma, CA
What you can do in Sonoma
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 Sonoma
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).