Cameras / California / Hemet
License plate readers in Hemet, CA
Volunteers have documented 81 automated license plate readers inside Hemet. That is the 60th-largest total among the 357 California cities indexed here, and 0.4% of the statewide total. At 2.8 per square mile it is more densely covered than 70% of the 2,432 US cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including The Home Depot. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 22 on poles and 12 on street lamps.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 13, 2026 · figures last changed October 7, 2026.
81
readers documented
2.8
per square mile
60th
of 357 indexed California cities · 221st of 2,432 nationally
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.
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 80 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Flock Safety (1), The Home Depot (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (22), street lamp (12), street trafficlight (3), lightpole (1), traffic signal (1)
- Coverage area
- 29.3 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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