Cameras / California / Ontario
License plate readers in Ontario, CA
Volunteers have documented 122 automated license plate readers inside Ontario. That is the 22nd-largest total among the 329 California cities indexed here, and 0.6% of the statewide total. At 2.4 per square mile it is more densely covered than 69% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 90% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's.
Updated August 14, 2026.
122
readers documented
2.4
per square mile
22nd
of 329 indexed California cities
0.6%
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 Safety110 · 90%
- Motorola Solutions5 · 4%
- Genetec3 · 2%
- Unknown4 · 3%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 80 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Lowe's (5). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (15), street lamp (9), traffic signal (1)
- Coverage area
- 50 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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