Cameras / California / Merced
License plate readers in Merced, CA
Volunteers have documented 43 automated license plate readers inside Merced. That is the 133rd-largest total among the 356 California cities indexed here, and 0.2% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.6 per square mile places Merced near the middle of the 2,404 cities indexed nationally. Motorola Solutions holds the largest share here at 23%, rather than Flock Safety, which leads in most cities in this index. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 26 on poles and 7 on traffic signals.
Checked against OpenStreetMap October 11, 2026 · figures last changed October 10, 2026.
43
readers documented
1.6
per square mile
133rd
of 356 indexed California cities · 542nd of 2,404 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.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety2 · 5%
- Motorola Solutions10 · 23%
- Other vendors27 · 63%
- Unknown4 · 9%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 19 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- UC Merced Police Department (5), Merced Police Department (4), Lowe's (1). All 726 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (26), traffic signal (7)
- Coverage area
- 26 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Motorola Solutions camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · California's ALPR statute
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