Cameras / California / Fountain Valley
License plate readers in Fountain Valley, CA
Volunteers have documented 15 automated license plate readers inside Fountain Valley. That is the 279th-largest total among the 353 California cities indexed here, and 0.1% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.6 per square mile places Fountain Valley near the middle of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Where a mount was recorded, most are fixed to existing street lamps rather than dedicated poles.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed September 12, 2026.
15
readers documented
1.6
per square mile
279th
of 353 indexed California cities · 1,590th of 2,395 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.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety12 · 80%
- Genetec2 · 13%
- Unknown1 · 7%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 14 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Fountain Valley Police Department (4). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- street lamp (5), traffic signal (2), traffic signal (1)
- Coverage area
- 9.1 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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