Flock & ALPR Cameras in Benton City, Washington
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Benton City — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Benton City in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 08:01 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Benton City
The readers mapped around Benton City break down as 5 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Apr 2026; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Old Inland Empire Highway — 1 reader
- 1st Street — 1 reader
- Corral Creek Road — 1 reader
- Webber Canyon Road — 1 reader
- West Knox Road — 1 reader
Benton City in the Benton County picture
Benton County has 41 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,397 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 210,224 residents and 2,934 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 36.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 5 traffic.
What’s watching Benton City
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 Benton City — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Benton City (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Benton City
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.
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Cameras near Benton City
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).