Flock & ALPR Cameras in Portland, Oregon
Volunteers have reported 16 automated license plate readers in and around Portland — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Portland in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 06:26 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Portland
The readers mapped around Portland break down as 7 LiveView Technologies, 4 of unrecorded make, 2 Genetec. Named operators in the reports: LiveView Technologies, Kroger, Air Garage. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Southwest Naito Parkway — 1 reader
- Northeast Broadway — 1 reader
- Northeast Halsey Street — 1 reader
- Southeast Main Street — 1 reader
- Southeast Taylor Street — 1 reader
- Southeast Salmon Street — 1 reader
- Northwest Yeon Avenue Frontage Road — 1 reader
- Northeast Lloyd Boulevard — 1 reader
- Southeast Powell Boulevard — 1 reader
- Southwest Jefferson Street — 1 reader
- Southwest United States Veterans Hospital Road — 1 reader
- Northeast Hancock Street — 1 reader
+ 5 more streets and roads mapped around Portland — all on the live map above.
Portland in the Multnomah County picture
Multnomah County has 70 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,823 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 803,863 residents and 2,218 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 20.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 8 traffic, 6 parking. Operators named on the record: LiveView Technologies (2), Kroger (2), Air Garage (1).
Camera activity around Portland, last 30 days
5 newly reported in our hourly change log for Portland. Latest change logged Aug 31, 2026.
What’s watching Portland
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 Portland — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Portland (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Portland
- 3 license plate readers reported removed near Portland, OR
- ShotSpotter plans holstered by Mayor Wheeler amid opposition in Portland Oregon
- Portland adopts surveillance technology policy 2 years after banning facial recognition software - Oregon Public Broadcasting
- Portland, Oregon, to begin using ShotSpotter technology to track gunshots in the city.
What you can do in Portland
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 Portland
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).