Flock Cameras in California
Ask Gab AI about Flock cameras in CaliforniaAll ALPR OSM nodes
20,248 reported locations
OpenStreetMap · as of 2026-08-24
Includes Flock and other vendors tagged on OSM.
Flock-tagged OSM per 100,000 residents
41.2 reported locations / 100k
U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates (NST-EST2025) · as of 2025-07-01
Population is the Census July 1, 2025 estimate. The camera count is OSM, not Census.
Atlas of Surveillance
322 rows for California in the imported EFF file (vintage 2026-08-24). Source.
State law notes
California requires an ALPR operator to keep reasonable security practices and to publish a usage and privacy policy covering authorized purposes, access, sharing, and retention. This is an operator-policy statute, not a statewide camera ban. (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.90.51, reviewed 2026-08-23). Statute
Documented contracts
- City of Ventura Police Department — 19 cameras as printed — $59,500
No verified public transparency portal URLs in the California allowlist yet.
Cities with enough sourced signals
Open the map centered on California
This page reports OpenStreetMap ALPR nodes in California that are tagged as Flock Safety, next to any Atlas of Surveillance rows, public contracts, and news Alto has indexed. Absence of a pin is not proof the state has no cameras.
Every count is labeled with its source and import or document date. Alto does not treat community pins as an active contract.
Does California use Flock?
Alto answers with the numbers on this page — reported OSM Flock tags, EFF Atlas rows if imported, and documents in the contract table — not with a yes/no slogan. Press-reported national totals are not applied to California unless a source is about this state.
How to read the table
The Flock column is OSM nodes whose manufacturer or brand is Flock Safety. The all-ALPR column includes other vendors tagged on OpenStreetMap. They are not the same number.
Latest Flock Cameras in California News
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- Major SoCal late August heatwave this week, with modest but growing possibility of tropical storm remnants affecting CA in September - Weather WestGoogle News•about 4 hours ago
- Exclusive | California Expected to Seek TV Channel Sales From Paramount-Warner - WSJGoogle News•about 4 hours ago
- ‘Almost blood moon’ to be visible from Southern California this week - KTLAGoogle News•about 5 hours ago
- ‘Very hot or extremely hot’: Southern California faces hottest week of the year - Los Angeles TimesGoogle News•about 5 hours ago
- House Ethics Committee Opens Investigation Into Democrat Rep Jimmy Gomez For Sexual MisconductThe Western Journal•about 6 hours ago
- 2028 Dems dodge on Bernie's push to pause AI developmentAxios•about 6 hours ago
- Temporary Protected Status Ends For 13 NationalitiesZeroHedge•about 8 hours ago
- OpenAI wants California to strengthen its newly passed AI safety lawMashable•about 12 hours ago
- Flock CEO calls for ‘compromise’ as surveillance company faces growing backlashTechCrunch•about 12 hours ago
- Newsom Signs the 'Stop Nick Shirley Act' into Law, a Blow to Investigative Reporting Say CriticsBreitbart•about 13 hours ago
Flock Cameras in California — Frequently Asked Questions
- Does California use Flock cameras?
- Alto does not answer that with a slogan. This page shows reported OpenStreetMap Flock-tagged locations in California, plus any Atlas rows, contracts, and news we have sourced. A zero in the OSM column means no tagged nodes in the last import — not that no cameras exist.
- Where are Flock cameras in California?
- Reported coordinates, when imported, appear on the Flock map filtered to California. They come from OpenStreetMap contributors and can be incomplete or out of date.
- Does a pin mean the camera is on and the city has a contract?
- No. A pin is a community-reported location. The camera may have been moved or removed. A contract is a separate public record. Alto does not treat a pin as proof that a device is recording or that a jurisdiction currently pays Flock.