Flock & ALPR Cameras in Ukiah, California
Volunteers have reported 18 automated license plate readers in and around Ukiah — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 8 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Ukiah
The readers mapped around Ukiah break down as 18 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Ukiah Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- North Orchard Avenue — 3 readers
- South State Street — 3 readers
- East Perkins Street — 2 readers
- Airport Park Boulevard — 2 readers
- East Gobbi Street — 1 reader
- Wabash Avenue — 1 reader
- Hospital Drive — 1 reader
- Watson Road — 1 reader
- Orr Springs Road — 1 reader
- Mendocino County — 1 reader
- Taqueria Jalos — 1 reader
- Garrett Drive — 1 reader
Ukiah CA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Ukiah CA PD runs 14 cameras of its own, has logged 295 plate-database searches, has captured 112,751 vehicle records. Its network connects to 326 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Alameda CA PD, Alameda County CA SO, Albany CA PD, Alhambra CA PD, Amador County CA Sheriff's Office, Anaheim CA PD, Anderson CA PD, Angels Camp CA PD.
Ukiah 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 8 traffic. Operators named on the record: Ukiah Police Department (7).
Camera activity around Ukiah, last 30 days
2 newly reported, 1 removed in our hourly change log for Ukiah. Latest change logged Sep 8, 2026.
What’s watching Ukiah
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 Ukiah — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Ukiah (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Ukiah
What you can do in Ukiah
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.
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Cameras near Ukiah
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).