Flock & ALPR Cameras in Caldwell, Idaho
Volunteers have reported 52 automated license plate readers in and around Caldwell — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 52 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Caldwell, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 48 of them sit inside Caldwell itself.
The rest sit in Nampa (2).
2 cameras have no municipality recorded yet.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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No new reports near Caldwell in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 00:33 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Caldwell
The readers mapped around Caldwell break down as 50 Flock Safety, 2 of unrecorded make. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- East Ustick Road — 6 readers
- Cleveland Boulevard — 5 readers
- Blaine Street — 4 readers
- South 10th Avenue — 3 readers
- Franklin Road — 2 readers
- Centennial Way — 2 readers
- East Chicago Street — 2 readers
- North 10th Avenue — 2 readers
- Marble Front Road — 2 readers
- Caldwell Boulevard — 2 readers
- East Linden Street — 2 readers
- North 5th Avenue — 2 readers
+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around Caldwell — all on the live map above.
Caldwell ID PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Caldwell ID PD runs 87 cameras of its own, has logged 509 plate-database searches, has captured 363,067 vehicle records. Its network connects to 23 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Ada County ID SO, Bannock County ID SO, Bellevue ID Marshal's Office, Blackfoot ID PD, Blaine County ID SO, Boise ID PD, ID - Bonneville County SO, Hailey ID PD.
Caldwell in the Canyon County picture
Canyon County has 53 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,312 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 242,405 residents and 2,037 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 23.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 47 traffic, 1 traffic,buildings, 1 traffic_building,town.
What’s watching Caldwell
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 Caldwell — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Caldwell (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Caldwell
- Tort claim accuses Caldwell's Flock Safety camera program of violating Idaho privacy law
- License-plate surveillance cameras aid in Caldwell Police pursuit arrest
- 'It's just another tool in our toolbox': Caldwell police expand license plate reader cameras
What you can do in Caldwell
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 Caldwell
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).