Cameras / California / Capitola
License plate readers in Capitola, CA
Volunteers have documented 12 automated license plate readers inside Capitola. That is the 293rd-largest total among the 329 California cities indexed here, and 0.1% of the statewide total. At 7.5 readers per square mile, Capitola sits in the most densely covered 5% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Flock Safety accounts for 67% of them.
Updated August 14, 2026.
12
readers documented
7.5
per square mile
293rd
of 329 indexed California cities
0.1%
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 Safety8 · 67%
- Other vendors4 · 33%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 11 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Flock Safety (1). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- Coverage area
- 1.6 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work · California ALPR law
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