Cameras / California / El Centro
License plate readers in El Centro, CA
Volunteers have documented 84 automated license plate readers inside El Centro. That is the 40th-largest total among the 329 California cities indexed here, and 0.4% of the statewide total. At 6.9 per square mile it is more densely covered than 94% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 99% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's and The Home Depot.
Updated August 14, 2026.
84
readers documented
6.9
per square mile
40th
of 329 indexed California cities
0.4%
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 Safety83 · 99%
- Other vendors1 · 1%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 74 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- El Centro Police Department (65), Lowe's (3), The Home Depot (3). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (8), street lamp (4), traffic signal (4)
- Coverage area
- 12.1 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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