Flock & ALPR Cameras in Chehalis, Washington
Volunteers have reported 16 automated license plate readers in and around Chehalis — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Chehalis in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 12:26 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Chehalis
The readers mapped around Chehalis break down as 16 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in May 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Northwest Chamber of Commerce Way — 3 readers
- Southwest Riverside Drive — 2 readers
- West Main Street — 2 readers
- Airport Road — 1 reader
- Southwest Parkland Drive — 1 reader
- Chehalis — 1 reader
- South Market Boulevard — 1 reader
- Northeast State Avenue — 1 reader
- Jackson Highway — 1 reader
- Bishop Road — 1 reader
- Coal Creek Road — 1 reader
- Southwest Chehalis Avenue — 1 reader
Chehalis WA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Chehalis WA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 16 other agencies.
Chehalis in the Lewis County picture
Lewis County has 40 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #573 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 83,925 residents and 4,860 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 48.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 15 traffic, 1 town.
What’s watching Chehalis
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 Chehalis — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Chehalis (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Chehalis
- Sirens: Nine-on-one fight in a park; Car prowler urinates in vehicle; Dog attacks woman; Flock camera hits on stolen vehicle; Robbery and assault in Chehalis
- U . S . Border Patrol acquired back - door access to Flock camera data from Centralia , Chehalis police , study finds
- On the Heels of Success in Centralia, Flock Cameras Coming to Chehalis
What you can do in Chehalis
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 Chehalis
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).