Cameras / California / Brea
License plate readers in Brea, CA
Volunteers have documented 62 automated license plate readers inside Brea. That is the 92nd-largest total among the 357 California cities indexed here, and 0.3% of the statewide total. At 4.9 per square mile it is more densely covered than 87% of the 2,432 US cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged The Home Depot. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 14 on poles and 8 on street lamps.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 13, 2026 · figures last changed November 5, 2026.
62
readers documented
4.9
per square mile
92nd
of 357 indexed California cities · 341st of 2,432 nationally
0.3%
of California’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety31 · 50%
- Motorola Solutions29 · 47%
- Other vendors2 · 3%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 60 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- The Home Depot (3). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (14), street lamp (8), post (4)
- Coverage area
- 12.6 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · California's ALPR statute
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