Flock & ALPR Cameras in California, Pennsylvania
Volunteers have reported 12 automated license plate readers in and around California — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 12 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of California, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 11 of them sit inside California itself.
The rest sit in Roscoe (1).
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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- Sep 10 PlateSmart/CyclopsTchnlgs camera newly reported
- Sep 10 PlateSmart/CyclopsTchnlgs camera newly reported
- Sep 10 PlateSmart/CyclopsTchnlgs camera newly reported
- Sep 10 PlateSmart/CyclopsTchnlgs camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 10 new license plate readers just reported around California, PA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #California
Where the cameras are in California
The readers mapped around California break down as 10 PlateSmart/CyclopsTchnlgs, 2 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Aug 2026; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- Malden Road — 4 readers
- 3rd Street — 3 readers
- Wood Street — 1 reader
- PA 88;PA 88 Truck — 1 reader
- Skyline Drive — 1 reader
- Union Street — 1 reader
- Chester Avenue — 1 reader
California in the Washington County picture
Washington County has 149 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #253 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 11.8% nationally. That’s across 209,778 residents and 3,259 road miles. By road density that is 0.05 cameras per road mile, in the top 13.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.
Camera activity around California, last 30 days
12 newly reported in our hourly change log for California. Latest change logged Sep 10, 2026.
What’s watching California
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 California — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to California (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around California
What you can do in California
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 California
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).