Flock & ALPR cameras in Washington
Public map data records 2,442 ALPR cameras inside Washington's borders as of 3 September 2026, run by 196 different operators. Around Seattle the map records 853, the most of any WA metro. See every camera, which way it faces and its approximate capture zone — free, no account.
Counted strictly inside the state boundary rather than by metro bounding box, Washington has 2,442 mapped readers. The largest operator, Spokane County Sheriff's Office, accounts for 3%; Renton Police Department is next with 58. 570 of the 2,442 cameras carry no operator at all, so the operator shares above are shares of the attributed cameras.
Open the live camera mapWhich Washington cities have Flock cameras?
Counts of cameras recorded in public map data around each major WA city, read on 3 September 2026.
853 cameras
Bellevue
847 cameras
Vancouver
256 cameras
Tacoma
174 cameras
Spokane
154 cameras
Olympia
137 cameras
Seattle has a full page with operator, vendor and direction breakdowns; the other metros are covered by the live map. Each metro count is a box drawn around the city centre, which is why two nearby cities can share cameras and why these rows don't sum to the state figure. Quote the in-state total at the top of the page for the state as a whole.
The largest ALPR operators in Washington
Washington's largest ALPR operators, counted inside the state line.
Spokane County Sheriff's Office
79 cameras
Renton Police Department
58 cameras
City of Yakima
58 cameras
Yakima County Sheriff's Office
56 cameras
Lowe's
53 cameras
Yakima Police Department
52 cameras
Washington State Department of Transportation
51 cameras
The Home Depot
50 cameras
Spokane County Sheriff's Office is the largest operator with 79 mapped cameras, followed by Renton Police Department on 58. Beyond the top of the table the network is mostly municipal police: of the cameras with a recorded operator type, 952 are police-run and 223 are sheriff-run. 2 of the eight largest operators are sheriff's offices.
Names are drawn from OpenStreetMap tags, falling back to the jurisdiction the camera sits in (1,175 of 2,442 here). A camera's operator is not always the body that paid for it.
It isn't all Flock in Washington
Vendor breakdown and direction coverage for the state's mapped cameras.
Flock Safety
2,086 cameras
Axon Enterprise
53 cameras
Neology
34 cameras
Avigilon
24 cameras
Kapsch
23 cameras
'Flock camera' is shorthand here, not the whole story: 91% of vendor-tagged cameras in Washington are Flock Safety, and Axon Enterprise accounts for 53. 138 cameras are unattributed to any vendor.
Mounts recorded for Washington: pole (517), street lamp (72), building (20), ceiling (3). Bearing coverage is 88% — 2,149 cameras have a facing direction on the map, and those are the ones the avoidance layer can actually work with.
Documented ALPR programs in Washington
The Atlas of Surveillance records 86 ALPR programs in Washington. Some of the largest are below; the map above shows where the cameras physically are, which the records alone can't.
Yakima Police Department — Yakima County
As of April 2024, the Yakima Police Department operates 42 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Wenatchee Police Department — Chelan County
The Wenatchee Police Department scanned 84,786 license plates in 2016 using Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers. Vendor: Vigilant Solutions.
Vancouver Police Department — Clark County
The Vancouver Police Department has been using automated license plate readers since 2012. Vendor: Vigilant Solutions.
Auburn Police Department — King County
The Auburn Police Department has been using automated license plate readers since at least 2008.
Tacoma Police Department — Pierce County
The Tacoma Police Department has used automated license plate readers since at least 2013.
Everett Police Department — Snohomish County
The Everett Police Department planned to install 71 Flock Safety automated license plate readers in July 2024. The agency has used automated license plate readers since at least 2013. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Atlas of Surveillance. Summaries are the Atlas's own wording, trimmed to a complete sentence.
Washington ALPR questions
How many Flock cameras are there in Washington?
2,442 mapped cameras inside the state line as of 3 September 2026. That is a true in-state count, not a sum of overlapping city areas — and still a floor, because unmapped cameras don't appear.
Which cities in Washington have Flock cameras?
The largest clusters are around Seattle (853), Bellevue (847), Vancouver (256), Tacoma (174), Spokane (154), Olympia (137). Smaller WA towns appear on the live map too — these are simply the biggest metro areas.
Who operates ALPR cameras in Washington?
The lead operator is Spokane County Sheriff's Office at 79 cameras, but it holds only 3% of the state; the rest is split among 195 other agencies and businesses.
Are all the plate readers in Washington made by Flock?
No. Flock Safety is tagged on 2,086 of 2,289 vendor-recorded cameras (91%); Axon Enterprise accounts for 53, and 138 cameras have no vendor recorded at all. 'Flock camera' is the common name, but the map covers every ALPR it can find.
Can I avoid Flock cameras when driving in Washington?
Yes, within limits. BanditKin routes around cameras whose facing direction is known — 2,149 of Washington's 2,442 — with a slider for how hard to try, and it tells you honestly when no camera-free route exists. It is off by default and never sends your identity or location.