Flock & ALPR Cameras in Gig Harbor, Washington
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Gig Harbor — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Contract Rejected
Gig Harbor is on the record here. City council voted against a contract with Flock Safety after community members raised concerns about privacy, civil liberties, and data sharing.
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No new reports near Gig Harbor in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 20:47 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Gig Harbor
The readers mapped around Gig Harbor break down as 4 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Jul 2026.
- Old Salt Loop — 4 readers
Gig Harbor 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 4 traffic.
What’s watching Gig Harbor
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 Gig Harbor — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Gig Harbor (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Gig Harbor
- 4 new license plate readers reported around Gig Harbor, WA
- Letter to the Editor | Are license plate reader cameras good for Gig Harbor?
- Gig Harbor, WA: Contract Rejected
What you can do in Gig Harbor
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 Gig Harbor
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).