Cameras / California / San Carlos
License plate readers in San Carlos, CA
Volunteers have documented 28 automated license plate readers inside San Carlos. That is the 184th-largest total among the 329 California cities indexed here, and 0.1% of the statewide total. At 5.2 per square mile it is more densely covered than 90% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Where a mount was recorded, most are fixed to existing traffic signals rather than dedicated poles.
Updated August 14, 2026.
28
readers documented
5.2
per square mile
184th
of 329 indexed California cities
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 Safety12 · 43%
- Motorola Solutions6 · 21%
- Unknown10 · 36%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 16 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Flock Safety (6), San Mateo County Sheriff's Office (5). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- traffic signal (4), street lamp (1)
- Coverage area
- 5.4 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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