Flock & ALPR Cameras in Hillsboro, Oregon
Volunteers have reported 21 automated license plate readers in and around Hillsboro — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 18 Rekor camera newly reported
- Sep 18 Rekor camera newly reported
- Sep 18 Rekor camera newly reported
- Sep 18 Rekor camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 12 new license plate readers just reported around Hillsboro, OR. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Hillsboro
Where the cameras are in Hillsboro
The readers mapped around Hillsboro break down as 9 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Aug 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Southeast Tualatin Valley Highway — 3 readers
- Southeast Minter Bridge Road — 2 readers
- Southeast 24th Avenue — 2 readers
- Southeast River Road — 1 reader
- Southwest Oak Street — 1 reader
Hillsboro in the Washington County picture
Washington County has 27 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #2,017 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 600,266 residents and 2,419 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 40.9% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 7 traffic, 2 parking. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (2).
What’s watching Hillsboro
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Hillsboro — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Hillsboro (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Hillsboro
What you can do in Hillsboro
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Hillsboro
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).