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Cathedral City has 42 mapped plate readers. 41 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
They were first mapped between Sep 17, 2025 and Oct 8, 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 Cathedral City: locations by ZIP code
ZIP 92234 has the most (40).
| Where | Maker tag and operator | Facing | First mapped |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Aug 1, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Sep 17, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Sep 17, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Sep 17, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Sep 17, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Dec 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Dec 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-northwest (as mapped) | Dec 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Dec 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-northwest (as mapped) | Dec 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Mar 2, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Mar 19, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Mar 19, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Mar 19, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | May 7, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | May 7, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | May 8, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | May 8, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | May 9, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | May 9, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | May 9, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | May 10, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | May 10, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | May 10, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southeast (as mapped) | May 10, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | May 15, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | May 15, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | May 15, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | May 15, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northwest (as mapped) | May 23, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | May 28, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Jun 19, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Jun 19, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Jun 22, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Jun 22, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Jul 6, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Sep 10, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Sep 10, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92234 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Oct 8, 2026 |
Near you: Flock camera map near you.
Who runs the Flock cameras in Cathedral City
None of these say who runs them yet.
What the Flock cameras in Cathedral City keep
- Records
- The plate of each car that passes, with the time and place. Often a photo of the car.
- Run by
- Not listed yet.
- 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 Cathedral City
246 agencies can search reads from the Cathedral City Police Department’s plate readers, by its posted sharing list (Oct 14, 2026). Its portal says it keeps each read for 30 days.
Cathedral City Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- 246
- Other organizations on its list
- 4
- Keeps each read for
- 30 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 35
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 133
Its transparency portal, as of Oct 13, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Get one summary email a month on new plate readers in Cathedral City
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
When the Flock cameras in Cathedral City were first mapped
Flock-tagged readers here were first mapped from September 17, 2025 to October 8, 2026. 32 of the 41 were first mapped in 2026, with 17 in May alone.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock cameras near Cathedral City
Flock cameras in Cathedral City: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Cathedral City?
41 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Cathedral City, CA, as of November 7, 2026.
Where are the Flock cameras in Cathedral City?
The table lists the most recently mapped ones by ZIP code, and the map shows all of them. ZIP 92234 has the most (40).
Who runs the plate readers in Cathedral City?
None of these plate readers say who runs them yet. Whoever runs each one sets how long it keeps the reads and who can search them, within California law.
Which agencies around Cathedral City use plate readers?
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Cathedral City Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Which way does each camera face?
All 41 carry a direction tag, and the map draws each one as a cone.
Know when cameras in Cathedral City 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 Cathedral City, 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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