Cameras / California / Palm Springs
License plate readers in Palm Springs, CA
Volunteers have documented 75 automated license plate readers inside Palm Springs. That is the 69th-largest total among the 357 California cities indexed here, and 0.3% of the statewide total. Its 0.8 readers per square mile spread across 94.5 square miles — thinner coverage than 84% of the 2,432 cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 13, 2026 · figures last changed August 28, 2026.
75
readers documented
0.8
per square mile
69th
of 357 indexed California cities · 248th of 2,432 nationally
0.3%
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
- 57 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- pole (5), street lamp (3), traffic signal (1)
- Coverage area
- 94.5 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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