Cameras / California / Seaside
License plate readers in Seaside, CA
Volunteers have documented 31 automated license plate readers inside Seaside. That is the 172nd-largest total among the 329 California cities indexed here, and 0.2% of the statewide total. At 3.5 per square mile it is more densely covered than 82% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including The Home Depot.
Updated August 14, 2026.
31
readers documented
3.5
per square mile
172nd
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 Safety31 · 100%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 31 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Seaside Police Department (24), The Home Depot (2), Monterey Police Department (1). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (26), street lamp (1)
- Coverage area
- 8.9 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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