Flock & ALPR Cameras in Sutter County, California
Volunteers have reported 43 automated license plate readers across Sutter County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 27 License plate reader newly reported
- Sep 27 License plate reader newly reported
- Sep 27 License plate reader newly reported
- Sep 24 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Sutter County compares nationally
Sutter County ranks #954 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 98,971 residents and 1,546 miles of county roads — 3.2333 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Sutter 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 Sutter County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Sutter
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Sutter, CA
- In race to represent the Yuba-Sutter region, Eric Jones calls to ban Flock cameras
- Dr. Daniel Sutter: Flock cameras and surveillance
- New chapter on the network: DeFlock Yuba-Sutter (Yuba-Sutter County, California)
What you can do in Sutter
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.