Cameras / California / Menlo Park
License plate readers in Menlo Park, CA
Volunteers have documented 35 automated license plate readers inside Menlo Park. That is the 160th-largest total among the 354 California cities indexed here, and 0.2% of the statewide total. At 3.5 per square mile it is more densely covered than 79% of the 2,401 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 97% — are Flock Safety units.
Checked against OpenStreetMap October 8, 2026 · figures last changed October 7, 2026.
35
readers documented
3.5
per square mile
160th
of 354 indexed California cities · 691st of 2,401 nationally
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.
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 14 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Menlo Park Police Department (8), Flock Safety (1). All 725 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (5)
- Coverage area
- 10 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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