Flock & ALPR Cameras in Tahoe Vista, California
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Tahoe Vista — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Tahoe Vista in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 00:43 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Tahoe Vista
The readers mapped around Tahoe Vista break down as 2 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Aug 2025; the most recent in May 2026.
- Northstar Drive — 1 reader
- North Lake Boulevard — 1 reader
Tahoe Vista in the Placer County picture
Placer County has 232 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #422 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 19.7% nationally. That’s across 412,435 residents and 4,095 road miles. By road density that is 0.06 cameras per road mile, in the top 10.9% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.
What’s watching Tahoe Vista
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 Tahoe Vista — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Tahoe Vista (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Tahoe Vista
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 Tahoe Vista
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).