Cameras / California / Ridgecrest
License plate readers in Ridgecrest, CA
Volunteers have documented 30 automated license plate readers inside Ridgecrest. That is the 176th-largest total among the 329 California cities indexed here, and 0.2% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.4 per square mile places Ridgecrest near the middle of the 2,231 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.
Updated August 14, 2026.
30
readers documented
1.4
per square mile
176th
of 329 indexed California cities
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 Safety29 · 97%
- Unknown1 · 3%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 28 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Ridgecrest Police Department (21), Home Depot (3). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- 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: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work · California ALPR law
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