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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Willits, California

Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Willits — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

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Live camera map 4 reported cameras around Willits, California

Every dot is a volunteer-reported license plate reader · map data curated by the DeFlock project · refreshed daily Open the full map →

Camera Watch Recently reported near Willits

No new reports near Willits in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 12, 17:57 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.

Where the cameras are in Willits

The readers mapped around Willits break down as 4 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Feb 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.

Sherwood Road — 3 readers
North Main Street — 1 reader

Willits CA PD and the sharing network

Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Willits CA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 127 other agencies.

Willits 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 4 traffic.

What’s watching Willits

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

The latest around Willits

What you can do in Willits

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 Willits

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