Cameras / California / Ridgecrest
License plate readers in Ridgecrest, CA
Volunteers have documented 31 automated license plate readers inside Ridgecrest. That is the 175th-largest total among the 353 California cities indexed here, and 0.1% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.5 per square mile places Ridgecrest near the middle of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 97% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Home Depot. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 18 on poles and 3 on traffic signals.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 1, 2026.
31
readers documented
1.5
per square mile
175th
of 353 indexed California cities · 782nd of 2,395 nationally
0.1%
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
- 29 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Ridgecrest Police Department (21), Home Depot (3). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (18), traffic signal (3), street light (2)
- Coverage area
- 20.9 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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