Flock & ALPR Cameras in Browns Point, Washington
Volunteers have reported 17 automated license plate readers in and around Browns Point — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 17 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Browns Point, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside Browns Point itself.
The rest sit in Ruston (9), Federal Way (5), Tacoma (3).
7 of them name an operator in the record: Federal Way Police (5), Novoa (2). The operator is who runs the camera, which is not always the local government.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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- Sep 22 Leonardo camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Browns Point
The readers mapped around Browns Point break down as 5 Avigilon, 5 Leonardo, 3 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Federal Way Police, Novoa. The first camera here was reported in Jul 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Southwest 340th Street — 3 readers
- North 51st Street — 3 readers
- Ruston — 2 readers
- North 49th Street — 2 readers
- Newport Lane Northeast — 2 readers
- 39th Avenue Southwest — 1 reader
- Hoyt Road Southwest — 1 reader
- North Baltimore Street — 1 reader
- Fairwood Boulevard Northeast — 1 reader
Browns Point in the Pierce County picture
Pierce County has 175 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,426 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 924,106 residents and 5,077 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 18.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 11 traffic. Operators named on the record: Federal Way Police (5), Novoa (2).
Camera activity around Browns Point, last 30 days
3 newly reported in our hourly change log for Browns Point. Latest change logged Aug 26, 2026.
What’s watching Browns Point
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 Browns Point — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Browns Point (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Browns Point
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Browns Point, WA
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Browns Point, WA
What you can do in Browns Point
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 Browns Point
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).