Flock & ALPR Cameras in Ellensburg, Washington
Volunteers have reported 17 automated license plate readers in and around Ellensburg — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Ellensburg in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 9, 11:31 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Ellensburg
The readers mapped around Ellensburg break down as 17 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: City of Ellensburg. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- West University Way — 4 readers
- East Vantage Highway — 3 readers
- Canyon Road — 2 readers
- Umptanum Road — 2 readers
- East Mountain View Avenue — 1 reader
- West Mountain View Avenue — 1 reader
- North Dolarway Road — 1 reader
- North Main Street — 1 reader
- South Main Street — 1 reader
- I 90;US 97 — 1 reader
Ellensburg WA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Ellensburg WA PD runs 13 cameras of its own, has logged 15 plate-database searches, has captured 122,922 vehicle records. Its network connects to 17 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Ellensburg in the Kittitas County picture
Kittitas County has 29 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #323 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 15.1% nationally. That’s across 44,736 residents and 4,166 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 52.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 10 traffic, 5 street, 1 entrance. Operators named on the record: City of Ellensburg (1).
What’s watching Ellensburg
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 Ellensburg — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Ellensburg (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Ellensburg
- Cle Elum ends Flock contract, Ellensburg remains onboard
- Ellensburg Man Accused Of Stealing Three Kittitas Flock Cameras
- Ellensburg man jailed for stealing Flock cameras
- Deputies use ALPR system to arrest arson suspect after fire ignites in Ellensburg park
What you can do in Ellensburg
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 Ellensburg
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).