Cameras / California / San Carlos
License plate readers in San Carlos, CA
Volunteers have documented 29 automated license plate readers inside San Carlos. That is the 191st-largest total among the 357 California cities indexed here, and 0.1% of the statewide total. At 5.4 per square mile it is more densely covered than 89% of the 2,430 US cities indexed nationally. Where a mount was recorded, most are fixed to existing traffic signals rather than dedicated poles.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed August 22, 2026.
29
readers documented
5.4
per square mile
191st
of 357 indexed California cities · 870th of 2,430 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.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety13 · 45%
- Motorola Solutions6 · 21%
- Unknown10 · 34%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 17 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Flock Safety (6), San Mateo County Sheriff's Office (5). All 719 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- traffic signal (4), street lamp (1)
- Coverage area
- 5.4 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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