Cameras / Utah / Salt Lake City
License plate readers in Salt Lake City, UT
Volunteers have documented 86 automated license plate readers inside Salt Lake City. No other Utah city in this index has more, and Salt Lake City alone accounts for 8.1% of every reader documented in the state. Its 0.8 readers per square mile spread across 110.9 square miles — thinner coverage than 84% of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Motorola Solutions holds the largest share here at 56%, rather than Flock Safety, which leads in most cities in this index. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including The Home Depot and Lowe's.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed September 28, 2026.
86
readers documented
0.8
per square mile
1st
of 29 indexed Utah cities · 185th of 2,395 nationally
8.1%
of Utah’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 · 36%
- Motorola Solutions48 · 56%
- Other vendors2 · 2%
- Unknown5 · 6%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 80 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- The Home Depot (2), Lowe's (1), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (12), street lamp (6), traffic signal (2), post (1)
- Coverage area
- 110.9 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Motorola Solutions camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · Utah ALPR law (9 months retention)
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