Cameras / California / Carson
License plate readers in Carson, CA
Volunteers have documented 40 automated license plate readers inside Carson. That is the 146th-largest total among the 353 California cities indexed here, and 0.2% of the statewide total. At 2.1 per square mile it is more densely covered than 61% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged The Home Depot.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed August 9, 2026.
40
readers documented
2.1
per square mile
146th
of 353 indexed California cities · 584th of 2,395 nationally
0.2%
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 Safety21 · 53%
- Motorola Solutions19 · 48%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 36 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 (10)
- Coverage area
- 18.7 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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