Flock & ALPR Cameras in Edmonds, Washington
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Edmonds — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Contract Canceled
Edmonds is on the record here. Edmonds canceled its Flock Safety camera program.
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No new reports near Edmonds in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:00 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Edmonds
The readers mapped around Edmonds break down as 2 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2025; the most recent in Feb 2026.
- Puget Drive — 1 reader
- Sunset Avenue South — 1 reader
Edmonds WA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Edmonds WA PD runs 19 cameras of its own, has logged 5 plate-database searches. Its network connects to 19 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Edmonds in the Snohomish County picture
Snohomish County has 294 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #879 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 834,648 residents and 4,750 road miles. By road density that is 0.06 cameras per road mile, in the top 9.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.
What’s watching Edmonds
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 Edmonds — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Edmonds (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Edmonds
- Edmonds Cancels Flock Over ICE PANIC, Not Public Safety
- Edmonds kills Flock cameras it admits catch criminals
- Following procedural error, Edmonds unanimously cancels Flock contract
- VIDEO: Edmonds cancels Flock safety camera program
What you can do in Edmonds
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 Edmonds
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).