Cameras / California / East Palo Alto
License plate readers in East Palo Alto, CA
Volunteers have documented 26 automated license plate readers inside East Palo Alto. That is the 204th-largest total among the 355 California cities indexed here, and 0.1% of the statewide total. At 10.3 readers per square mile, East Palo Alto sits in the most densely covered 5% of the 2,400 US cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including The Home Depot.
Checked against OpenStreetMap October 9, 2026 · figures last changed October 5, 2026.
26
readers documented
10.3
per square mile
204th
of 355 indexed California cities · 951st of 2,400 nationally
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.
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 7 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). All 725 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (1)
- Coverage area
- 2.5 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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