Cameras / California / Salinas
License plate readers in Salinas, CA
Volunteers have documented 123 automated license plate readers inside Salinas. That is the 23rd-largest total among the 353 California cities indexed here, and 0.6% of the statewide total. At 5.2 per square mile it is more densely covered than 89% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged Lowe's and The Home Depot. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 93 on poles and 8 on traffic signals.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 26, 2026.
123
readers documented
5.2
per square mile
23rd
of 353 indexed California cities · 110th of 2,395 nationally
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 Safety103 · 84%
- Motorola Solutions20 · 16%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 111 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Salinas Police Department (105), Lowe's (2), The Home Depot (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (93), traffic signal (8), street lamp (5)
- Coverage area
- 23.5 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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