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License plate readers in El Cerrito, CA

Volunteers have documented 35 automated license plate readers inside El Cerrito. That is the 151st-largest total among the 329 California cities indexed here, and 0.2% of the statewide total. At 9.5 readers per square mile, El Cerrito sits in the most densely covered 5% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit. Every mount volunteers recorded here is the same kind: poles.

Updated August 14, 2026.

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  • 35

    readers documented

  • 9.5

    per square mile

  • 151st

    of 329 indexed California cities

  • 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

What volunteers recorded

Monitoring public roads
35 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
Recorded operators
El Cerrito Police Department (33). Who operates these cameras nationally →
How they’re mounted
pole (33)
Coverage area
3.7 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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