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What is inside Signal Hill, by camera type.
Signal Hill: 6 cameras listed or mapped. Nearby: Long Beach 119, Lakewood 83, Rancho Dominguez 1 and Wilmington 11.
Which streets in Signal Hill have cameras?
1 camera on 1 street. Tap a street to see it on the map, its cameras in order.
- I-405 1 traffic at Orange Ave
5 plate readers name no street: see them below.
Speed cameras in Signal Hill
None inside Signal Hill. The nearest is on N Avalon Blvd (15-1), 4.6 mi outside the boundary.
Red light cameras in Signal Hill
No red light camera program is listed here.
License plate readers in Signal Hill
5 plate readers are on the map inside Signal Hill. 5 carry the Flock Safety tag. 13 more are just outside.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Signal Hill Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
License plate readers by maker →
| Where | Maker tag and operator | Facing | First mapped |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Hill Near ZIP 90755 · Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Signal Hill Near ZIP 90755 · Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Signal Hill Near ZIP 90755 · Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Signal Hill Near ZIP 90755 · Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Signal Hill Near ZIP 90755 · Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Apr 30, 2026 |
What the plate readers in Signal Hill 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 Signal Hill
EyesOnFlock lists no transparency portal for the Signal Hill Police Department (Oct 14, 2026). It posts no sharing list, so who can search reads from its cameras is not stated. The sharing lists of 2 agencies name it, so it can search their reads.
Signal Hill Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- Not stated
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 2
No transparency portal listed, Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Get one summary email a month on new plate readers in Signal Hill
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
Traffic cameras in Signal Hill
1 Caltrans camera inside Signal Hill, on freeways and state highways. City streets are not covered.
| Route, direction and place | Status | Picture |
|---|---|---|
| I-405 Southbound 1 | ||
| At Orange Ave · postmile 5.492 | In service | Road picture ↗ |
Cameras just outside Signal Hill
Just outside the boundary: 13 plate readers and 2 traffic cameras.
- Plate reader · Long Beach on the boundary
- Traffic camera · I-405 South at Atlantic Ave 0.1 mi
- Plate reader · Long Beach 0.3 mi
- Plate reader · Long Beach 0.3 mi
- Plate reader · Long Beach 0.3 mi
- Traffic camera · I-405 North at Lakewood Blvd 0.4 mi
The closest 4 of each type. See them all on the map.
Areas near Signal Hill
Speed camera pages nearby: Long Beach (0)
Flock camera pages nearby: Long Beach (28) · Carson (21)
Also near Signal Hill: Unincorporated Long Beach · Unincorporated Lakewood · Carson
Camera tickets near Signal Hill
No speed camera program is listed here. The nearest is in Los Angeles: fines and how to respond.
Know when cameras in Signal Hill change.
Free email alerts for cameras on your routes that start issuing tickets. One summary email a month.
- In your monthly summary: the day a camera near you starts issuing tickets
- 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.
- LADOT: speed camera list, checked Nov 7, 2026
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers (surveillance:type=ALPR), data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- Caltrans CWWP2: Districts 6 and 7 camera list, updated daily, last Nov 7, 2026; CC BY
- US Census Bureau places: city boundary, cartographic file 2025 (public domain)
- 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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