Surveillance Accountability · By State

California CA

Reported Flock Safety camera vandalism and destruction in California. Select another state on the map to switch.

Cameras Vandalized

New Cameras Installed

18316

Current Installations

Incidents

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Known Incidents

1 incident

Reported Flock camera destruction incidents, sortable by date and number destroyed, filterable by investigation status.
	Location		Method	Status	Notes
Feb 2026	La Mesa, CA	2+	Smashed	Investigating	Occurred weeks after city council voted to keep cameras despite resident opposition.

New Cameras Installed

0 across 0 records

Newly deployed cameras that did not previously exist — not the full fleet.

No net-new camera installations recorded for this state yet.

Current Installations

18316 in use

All cameras currently operational in California — the full standing fleet, not just recently added cameras. Counts are crowdsourced estimates from DeFlock (mapped Flock/ALPR cameras, as of Jul 2026) and undercount the true total.

Net-new Flock camera installations, grouped by city and location.
City	Location	# In Use	Date	Source
Statewide		18316
		18316	As of Jul 2026	DeFlock

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