Cameras / California / Cathedral City
License plate readers in Cathedral City, CA
Volunteers have documented 42 automated license plate readers inside Cathedral City. That is the 134th-largest total among the 355 California cities indexed here, and 0.2% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.9 per square mile places Cathedral City near the middle of the 2,401 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 98% — are Flock Safety units.
Checked against OpenStreetMap October 8, 2026 · figures last changed October 8, 2026.
42
readers documented
1.9
per square mile
134th
of 355 indexed California cities · 552nd of 2,401 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.
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 38 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- pole (3), traffic signal (1)
- Coverage area
- 22.5 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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