Flock & ALPR Cameras in Ventura County, California
Volunteers have reported 301 automated license plate readers across Ventura County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 1 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 30 Axon Enterprise camera newly reported
- Sep 18 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Ventura County compares nationally
Ventura County ranks #1,087 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 838,259 residents and 4,767 miles of county roads — 2.7796 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Ventura 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 Ventura County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Ventura
- Thousands of unauthorized Flock queries prompt Ventura to review contract
- On the agenda: Ventura meeting — Flock Safety (Sep 22)
- Cardroom expansion, X Games and license plate readers on Ventura Council's Sept. 22 agenda
- Police to launch drones as first responders in Camarillo, T.O.
What you can do in Ventura
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.