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Barstow has 66 mapped plate readers. 66 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
They were first mapped between Aug 17, 2025 and Nov 3, 2026. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes. Whoever runs it sets how long and who can search it.
Flock cameras in Barstow: locations by ZIP code
Mounted on, where known: 16 on poles and 8 on traffic signals.
| Where | Maker tag and operator | Facing | First mapped |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: A private operator, not named | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Aug 17, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces west (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces west (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces west (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces north (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces south (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces west-northwest (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Barstow Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Feb 16, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Apr 24, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Apr 26, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | May 7, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest and northeast (as mapped) | May 7, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | May 7, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | May 8, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | May 8, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | May 8, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | May 8, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | May 8, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | May 8, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | May 8, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | May 11, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | May 12, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | May 12, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | May 12, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | May 12, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | May 12, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | May 12, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | May 13, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Jun 6, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Jun 17, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Jun 17, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Jun 21, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Jun 26, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Aug 2, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Aug 11, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Aug 18, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Aug 18, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Aug 18, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Aug 19, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Oct 26, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Oct 26, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Oct 26, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Nov 3, 2026 |
Near you: Flock camera map near you.
Who runs the Flock cameras in Barstow
Most don't say who runs them.
- Barstow Police Department 25
- Private operators, not named 1
What the Flock cameras in Barstow keep
- Records
- The plate of each car that passes, with the time and place. Often a photo of the car.
- Run by
- Most don't say. Tagged ones include Barstow Police Department (25) and private operators (1).
- Kept for
- Not published on the map. Each operator sets its own. Flock Safety’s FAQ: “Flock recommends a 7-day default.”
- Who sees it
- Whoever runs it, and those it shares with. In California, a public agency may share only with other public agencies in the state.
- How to ask
- Read the operator's policy. California requires one. Or ask the city for its records.
Who can search plate reads in Barstow
300 agencies can search reads from the Barstow Police Department’s plate readers, by its posted sharing list (Oct 14, 2026). Its portal says it keeps each read for 30 days.
Barstow Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- 300
- Other organizations on its list
- 4
- Keeps each read for
- 30 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 87
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 137
Its transparency portal, as of Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Get one summary email a month on new plate readers in Barstow
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
When the Flock cameras in Barstow were first mapped
Flock-tagged readers here were first mapped from August 17, 2025 to November 3, 2026. 40 of the 66 were first mapped in 2026, with 18 in May alone.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock cameras in Barstow: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Barstow?
66 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Barstow, CA, as of November 7, 2026.
Who runs the plate readers in Barstow?
Most don't say who runs them, and Barstow Police Department is tagged on 25. Whoever runs each one sets how long it keeps the reads and who can search them, within California law.
Which agencies around Barstow use plate readers?
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Barstow Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Which way does each camera face?
All 66 carry a direction tag, and the map draws each one as a cone.
Camera alerts
Know when cameras in Barstow change.
Free email alerts for new plate readers mapped near your places. One summary email a month.
- When a plate reader is first mapped near you
- New cameras mapped or reported near you
- What plate readers keep, and who runs them
- Your street, your distance, the camera types you pick
156,883 cameras listed or mapped so far.
Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers in Barstow, CA, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- Flock Safety FAQ: the default retention quoted in What they keep, read Oct 24, 2026
- California Civil Code §1798.90.51: the use and privacy policy rule for plate readers
- California Civil Code §1798.90.55: the rule on who a public agency may share reads with
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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