Flock & ALPR Cameras in South San Francisco, California
Volunteers have reported 20 automated license plate readers in and around South San Francisco — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near South San Francisco in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 22:19 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in South San Francisco
The readers mapped around South San Francisco break down as 19 Flock Safety, 1 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: South San Francisco Police Department, Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jul 2024; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- South Airport Boulevard — 3 readers
- Produce Avenue — 2 readers
- Sister Cities Boulevard — 2 readers
- El Camino Real — 2 readers
- Hillside Boulevard — 2 readers
- Oyster Point Boulevard — 2 readers
- Grand Avenue — 1 reader
- Airport Boulevard — 1 reader
- Miller Avenue — 1 reader
- Westborough Boulevard — 1 reader
- DNA Way — 1 reader
- East Grand Avenue — 1 reader
+ 1 more streets and roads mapped around South San Francisco — all on the live map above.
South San Francisco CA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, South San Francisco CA PD runs 37 cameras of its own, has logged 499 plate-database searches, has captured 717,785 vehicle records. Its network connects to 61 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Atherton CA PD, Belmont CA PD, Brisbane CA PD, Burlingame CA PD, Colma CA PD, Daly City CA PD, East Palo Alto CA PD, Foster City CA PD.
South San Francisco in the San Mateo County picture
San Mateo County has 628 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #164 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 7.6% nationally. That’s across 745,100 residents and 1,847 road miles. By road density that is 0.34 cameras per road mile, in the top 0.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 15 traffic. Operators named on the record: South San Francisco Police Department (4), Flock Safety (1).
What’s watching South San Francisco
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 South San Francisco — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to South San Francisco (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around South San Francisco
- South San Francisco launches license plate reader program
- South San Francisco council OKs license plate reading cameras
- South San Francisco considers license plate reading cameras
What you can do in South San Francisco
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 South San Francisco
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).