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License plate readers in East Palo Alto, CA

Volunteers have documented 25 automated license plate readers inside East Palo Alto. That is the 202nd-largest total among the 329 California cities indexed here, and 0.1% of the statewide total. At 9.9 readers per square mile, East Palo Alto sits in the most densely covered 5% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including The Home Depot.

Updated August 14, 2026.

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  • 25

    readers documented

  • 9.9

    per square mile

  • 202nd

    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

What volunteers recorded

Monitoring public roads
6 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
Recorded operators
East Palo Alto Police Department (17), The Home Depot (4), Menlo Park Police Department (1). Who operates these cameras nationally →
How they’re mounted
pole (1)
Coverage area
2.5 square miles of land inside city limits.

Nearby

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