Cameras / California / Poway
License plate readers in Poway, CA
Volunteers have documented 59 automated license plate readers inside Poway. That is the 83rd-largest total among the 329 California cities indexed here, and 0.3% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.5 per square mile places Poway near the middle of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 98% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including The Home Depot and Lowe's.
Updated August 14, 2026.
59
readers documented
1.5
per square mile
83rd
of 329 indexed California cities
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.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety58 · 98%
- Motorola Solutions1 · 2%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 59 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- San Diego Sheriff Department (8), The Home Depot (3), Lowe's (1). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (4), street lamp (1)
- Coverage area
- 39.1 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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