Cameras / California / Torrance
License plate readers in Torrance, CA
Volunteers have documented 66 automated license plate readers inside Torrance. That is the 82nd-largest total among the 353 California cities indexed here, and 0.3% of the statewide total. At 3.2 per square mile it is more densely covered than 77% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged The Home Depot.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 4, 2026.
66
readers documented
3.2
per square mile
82nd
of 353 indexed California cities · 305th of 2,395 nationally
0.3%
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 Safety36 · 55%
- Motorola Solutions26 · 39%
- Genetec1 · 2%
- Unknown3 · 5%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 19 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- City of Torrance (2), The Home Depot (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (4), traffic signal (3), street lamp (1)
- Coverage area
- 20.5 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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