Flock Cameras in Fresno, CA: Locations, Map & Count
As of 13 October 2026, 178 Flock and ALPR cameras are mapped within 10 miles of downtown Fresno (165 tagged Flock Safety), and 300 across the wider Fresno metro, a box roughly 50 miles across, run by 17 operators. See each one on the live map below, which way it faces and its approximate capture zone. Free, no account. BanditKin is the private app that routes around them.
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BanditKin › Flock camera map › California › Fresno, CA
What makes Fresno different
17 operators, a 42% lead share and 79% bearing coverage — here is what that adds up to around Fresno.
The operator table is headed by Fresno Police Department at 127 cameras (42%), then The Home Depot at 12. Beyond the top of the table it is a long tail: 17 separate operators in all, ranking Fresno 148th of 251 on operator count.
Not every reader here belongs to a public body. The Home Depot (12), Lowe's (10), Table Mountain Casino (4) appear among the largest operators, and 11 of the cameras carrying an operator type are recorded as private.
For the thing that actually matters when routing, Fresno is reasonably documented: 237 of its 300 mapped cameras — 79% — record which way they face, ranking 213th of 251 on bearing coverage.
The paper trail is thin. The EFF Atlas of Surveillance documents 5 agencies using plate readers across this area, while the map records 17 distinct operators. That is a records gap rather than an absence of cameras, and it is why this page leans on mapped counts rather than agency filings.
The network is regional rather than municipal. Beyond Fresno Police Department, the operator table runs through Madera Police Department, Reedley Police Department, Kerman Police Department, Clovis Police Department and Kingsburg Police Department, with the Fresno County Sheriff's Office at 10 — none of which individually dominates the metro.
Fresno Flock and ALPR cameras by the numbers
Four numbers that describe the Fresno network, taken from the map above on the same day.
178
Flock & ALPR cameras within 10 miles of downtown Fresno
300
Across the wider Fresno metro (50-mile box)
17
Separate operating agencies on the map
237
Cameras with a recorded facing direction
Read from the live map on 13 October 2026. Since 5 October 2026 the 10-mile count moved from 177 to 178 (+1) and the metro-box count moved from 299 to 300 (+1). The underlying records are OpenStreetMap entries plus community submissions — nobody who operates a camera is obliged to declare it, so these are the documented minimum rather than the full picture. The metro is a box roughly 50 miles across centred on Fresno.
How Fresno compares
Mid-table on size among the 251 metro areas tracked, all counted the same way on the same day.
Fresno ranks 129th of the 251 metro areas BanditKin tracks by mapped cameras, between Gainesville, FL and Tallahassee, FL, and 148th by operator count.
Its cameras-per-operator figure of 17.6 ranks 104th, its lead operator's 42% share ranks 43rd, and its 79% bearing coverage ranks 213th — all of 251.
Mapped ALPR cameras
300 — 129th of 251
Separate operators on the map
17 — 148th of 251
Cameras per operator
17.6 — 104th of 251
Largest operator's share
42% — 43rd of 251
Share with a recorded bearing
79% — 213th of 251
Ranked against the 251 metro areas BanditKin tracks, every one read from the live map on 13 October 2026. Metro areas are drawn as a box around the city centre, so neighbouring metros can share cameras and these counts must never be added together.
Which departments run the cameras around Fresno
The mapped cameras around Fresno trace back to 17 separate operators. Fresno Police Department accounts for the largest single share.
Fresno Police Department
127 cameras
The Home Depot
12 cameras
Madera Police Department
11 cameras
Reedley Police Department
10 cameras
Fresno County Sheriff's Office
10 cameras
Lowe's
10 cameras
Kerman Police Department
7 cameras
Clovis Police Department
6 cameras
Madera County Sheriff's Department
6 cameras
Kingsburg Police Department
5 cameras
Selma Police Department
5 cameras
Kaiser Permanente
4 cameras
Table Mountain Casino
4 cameras
Fowler Police Department
3 cameras
Kings County Sheriff's Office
2 cameras
Parlier Police Department
2 cameras
Sanger Police Department
2 cameras
These are all 17 operators. Where OpenStreetMap names an operator we use that name; otherwise the camera is attributed to whichever jurisdiction it stands in (199 cameras here), which is a sound inference rather than a confirmed fact. 74 cameras record no operator of any kind.
It isn't all Flock
'Flock' has become shorthand for any plate reader. Around Fresno it is mostly accurate — 92% of the vendor-tagged cameras — but Motorola Solutions accounts for 14.
Flock Safety
276 cameras
Motorola Solutions
14 cameras
Genetec
6 cameras
Gridless
4 cameras
Manufacturer is a free-text field, so spellings and legal names have been consolidated here. Every mapped camera here carries a manufacturer tag. These count cameras on the map, not purchase orders.
Where they sit, and which way they face
237 of the 300 mapped cameras around Fresno record which way they point, which is what makes routing around them possible.
They are easy to miss and hard to unsee — a small rectangular box on a narrow pole near a junction, generally with a solar panel and a stubby barrel lens. Where the data records how a camera around Fresno is mounted, the split is:
On a dedicated pole
39 cameras
On a street lamp
24 cameras
On a post
1 camera
One camera covers one approach, so its heading is what decides which journeys end up recorded. Around Fresno the mapped bearings distribute like this:
Facing north
41 cameras
Facing south
36 cameras
Facing southwest
34 cameras
Facing west
32 cameras
Facing east
28 cameras
Facing southeast
27 cameras
Facing northeast
26 cameras
Facing northwest
13 cameras
Bearings come from public map data and describe an approximate capture zone, never an exact field of view. 63 mapped cameras have no recorded bearing.
Documented ALPR programs around Fresno
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance documents 5 agencies in the Fresno area with automated license plate readers, from public records and news reports. The map records 17 operators.
Clovis Police Department
The Clovis Police Department collected more than 12,000,000 vehicle scans in 2022 using automated license plate readers. Vendor: Motorola Solutions.
Fresno County Sheriff's Office
The Fresno County Sheriff's Office operates automated license plate readers.
Fresno Police Department
The Fresno Police Department operates automated license plate readers.
Coalinga Police Department
The Coalinga Police Department received funding from California's Organized Retail Theft Prevention Grant Program in 2023 36 video surveillance cameras, including nine cameras with automated license plate recognition. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Reedley Police Department
The Reedley Police Department operates 20 Flock Safety automated license plate readers and other cameras as of June 2025. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Atlas of Surveillance. Summaries are the Atlas's own wording, trimmed to a complete sentence.
Seeing the cameras is free. Avoiding them is the app.
Knowing where the cameras are is half of it. The BanditKin app routes around the ones with a recorded bearing when you ask it to, tells you plainly when it can't, and never sends your identity or location anywhere.
This page is part of the California camera hub, which counts every camera inside the state line rather than by metro box. New to this? Read what ALPR cameras capture, how long it is kept, and who can search it. Not in Fresno? Search the full map by any city.
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How many Flock cameras are in Fresno?
As of 13 October 2026, 178 Flock and ALPR cameras are mapped within 10 miles of downtown Fresno, 165 of them tagged Flock Safety. Across the wider metro, a box roughly 50 miles across, the map records 300 cameras run by 17 separate operators. That is a documented floor, not a full inventory: cameras appear as people map them.
Where are Flock cameras in Fresno?
The live map above shows 300 mapped ALPR cameras around metro Fresno, each with an approximate viewing cone. Positions come from OpenStreetMap and community reports, so coverage may be incomplete — if you know a camera that isn't shown, you can report it directly on the map.
Who operates the ALPR cameras around Fresno?
Fresno Police Department is the largest mapped operator with 127 cameras, ahead of The Home Depot's 12. Beyond them the network spreads across 15 other operators. Private operators are part of it: The Home Depot (12), Lowe's (10). The EFF Atlas of Surveillance documents 5 agencies across this area.
Can I avoid Flock cameras when driving in Fresno?
Avoidance runs off recorded bearings, and Fresno has 237 of 300 mapped cameras with one. BanditKin's navigation can route around them: it is opt-in, field-of-view-aware, and has a strength slider you control. Where no camera-free route exists it says so plainly and falls back to the normal route. This is a privacy preference — choosing not to be logged by a commercial surveillance network on public roads — and it works from public camera-location data.
Is this map free? Do I need an account?
The map is free and needs no account or sign-in. The data is public — OpenStreetMap, the EFF Atlas of Surveillance and community reports. The app is what adds camera-aware routing, and early users keep it free.