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El Cajon has 88 mapped plate readers. 74 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
They were first mapped between Oct 17, 2025 and Jul 31, 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 El Cajon: locations by ZIP code
ZIP 92020 has the most (74). Mounted on, where known: 3 on poles, 1 on a street light and 1 on a traffic signal.
| Where | Maker tag and operator | Facing | First mapped |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Oct 17, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-northwest (as mapped) | Oct 17, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: City of El Cajon | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Oct 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Nov 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Nov 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Nov 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Nov 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Nov 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Dec 10, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Dec 13, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Dec 14, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Jan 16, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Jan 16, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Jan 16, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Feb 2, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Feb 2, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Feb 2, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Feb 2, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Feb 2, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Feb 2, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Feb 2, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Feb 14, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Feb 14, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Feb 14, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Feb 14, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Feb 14, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Mar 16, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Apr 2, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Apr 2, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north, east-northeast, southeast, south-southwest and west (as mapped) | Apr 2, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Apr 17, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-northwest (as mapped) | Apr 19, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Apr 23, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Jul 3, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Jul 10, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Jul 10, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Jul 17, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north, east-northeast, southeast, south-southwest and west-northwest (as mapped) | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Jul 27, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Jul 27, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92020 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Jul 31, 2026 |
Near you: Flock camera locations near me.
Who runs the Flock cameras in El Cajon
Most don't say who runs them.
- City of El Cajon 1
What the Flock cameras in El Cajon keep
- Records
- The plate of each car that passes, with the time and place. Often a photo of the car.
- Run by
- 1 of 74 say who runs them, most often City of El Cajon (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 El Cajon
640 agencies can search reads from the El Cajon Police Department’s plate readers, by its posted sharing list (Oct 14, 2026). Its portal says it keeps each read for 30 days.
El Cajon Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- 640
- Other organizations on its list
- 8
- Keeps each read for
- 30 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 103
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 347
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 El Cajon
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
When the Flock cameras in El Cajon were first mapped
Flock-tagged readers here were first mapped from October 17, 2025 to July 31, 2026. 39 of the 74 were first mapped in 2025, with 32 in November alone.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock cameras in El Cajon: questions
How many Flock cameras are in El Cajon?
74 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in El Cajon, CA, as of November 7, 2026.
Where are the Flock cameras in El Cajon?
The table lists the most recently mapped ones by ZIP code, and the map shows all of them. ZIP 92020 has the most (74).
Who runs the plate readers in El Cajon?
Most don't say who runs them. Whoever runs each one sets how long it keeps the reads and who can search them, within California law.
Which agencies around El Cajon use plate readers?
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists El Cajon Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Which way does each camera face?
All 74 carry a direction tag, and the map draws each one as a cone.
Camera alerts
Know when cameras in El Cajon 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 El Cajon, 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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