Flock & ALPR Cameras in Topanga, California
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Topanga — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 4 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Topanga, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 2 of them sit inside Topanga itself.
The rest sit in Malibu (2).
2 of them name an operator in the record: LASD (2). The operator is who runs the camera, which is not always the local government.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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No new reports near Topanga in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:10 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Topanga
The readers mapped around Topanga break down as 2 of unrecorded make, 2 Motorola Solutions, 1 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: LASD. The first camera here was reported in Oct 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- North Topanga Canyon Boulevard — 3 readers
- Rambla Pacifico — 1 reader
- Las Flores Canyon Road — 1 reader
Topanga in the Los Angeles County picture
Los Angeles County has 2,677 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,106 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 9,848,406 residents and 18,753 road miles. By road density that is 0.14 cameras per road mile, in the top 2.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic. Operators named on the record: LASD (2).
Camera activity around Topanga, last 30 days
2 newly reported in our hourly change log for Topanga. Latest change logged Sep 1, 2026.
What’s watching Topanga
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 Topanga — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Topanga (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Topanga
What you can do in Topanga
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 Topanga
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).