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Flock Cameras in Washington: Map, Locations & Count
As of 13 October 2026, 2,321 Flock and ALPR cameras are mapped inside Washington's borders (1,962 tagged Flock Safety), run by 179 operators. Around Seattle the map records 825, the most of any WA metro. See every camera on the live map below, 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 2,321 mapped readers. The largest operator, Spokane County Sheriff's Office, accounts for 3%; Lowe's is next with 63. 618 of the 2,321 cameras carry no operator at all, so the operator shares above are shares of the attributed cameras. Since 5 October 2026 the in-state count moved from 2,305 to 2,321 (+16).
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 13 October 2026.
825 cameras
Bellevue
817 cameras
Tacoma
670 cameras
Vancouver
261 cameras
Spokane
146 cameras
Olympia
116 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
65 cameras
Lowe's
63 cameras
The Home Depot
60 cameras
Renton Police Department
57 cameras
City of Yakima
57 cameras
Washington State Department of Transportation
52 cameras
Everett Police Department
48 cameras
Lakewood Police Department
47 cameras
Spokane County Sheriff's Office is the largest operator with 65 mapped cameras, followed by Lowe's on 63. Beyond the top of the table the network is mostly municipal police: of the cameras with a recorded operator type, 857 are police-run and 198 are sheriff-run.
Names are drawn from OpenStreetMap tags, falling back to the jurisdiction the camera sits in (1,055 of 2,321 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
1,962 cameras
Axon Enterprise
52 cameras
Neology
33 cameras
Avigilon
24 cameras
Kapsch
23 cameras
'Flock camera' is shorthand here, not the whole story: 90% of vendor-tagged cameras in Washington are Flock Safety, and Axon Enterprise accounts for 52. 110 cameras are unattributed to any vendor.
Mounts recorded for Washington: pole (491), street lamp (76), building (19), post (2). Bearing coverage is 88% — 2,046 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 84 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 in Washington?
As of 13 October 2026, 2,321 Flock and ALPR cameras are mapped inside Washington's borders, 1,962 of them tagged Flock Safety, run by 179 operators. The largest clusters are around Seattle, Bellevue, Tacoma. That is a documented floor, not a full inventory: cameras appear as people map them.
Which cities in Washington have Flock cameras?
The largest clusters are around Seattle (825), Bellevue (817), Tacoma (670), Vancouver (261), Spokane (146), Olympia (116). 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 65 cameras, but it holds only 3% of the state; the rest is split among 178 other agencies and businesses.
Are all the plate readers in Washington made by Flock?
No. Flock Safety is tagged on 1,962 of 2,176 vendor-recorded cameras (90%); Axon Enterprise accounts for 52, and 110 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 — 2,046 of Washington's 2,321 — 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.