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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Talmage, California

Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Talmage — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

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Reported cameras nearby
#825
of 898 California cities tracked
0.1%
of California’s reported cameras
Live camera map 2 reported cameras around Talmage, California
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Camera Watch Recently reported near Talmage

No new reports near Talmage in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 21:19 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.

Where the cameras are in Talmage

The readers mapped around Talmage break down as 3 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Apr 2026.

  • Redwood Highway — 1 reader
  • Old River Road — 1 reader
  • CA 20 — 1 reader

Talmage in the Mendocino County picture

Mendocino County has 36 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #737 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 90,709 residents and 7,580 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 62% of counties nationally.

Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.

What’s watching Talmage

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 Talmage — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Talmage (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.

What you can do in Talmage

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.

Cameras near Talmage

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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).