Flock & ALPR Cameras in Kennewick, Washington
Volunteers have reported 7 automated license plate readers in and around Kennewick — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Kennewick in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 18:26 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Kennewick
The readers mapped around Kennewick break down as 7 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2024; the most recent in Jun 2026.
- West 27th Avenue — 1 reader
- East 10th Avenue — 1 reader
- West 10th Avenue — 1 reader
- North Yelm Street — 1 reader
- West Columbia Drive — 1 reader
- East Chemical Drive — 1 reader
- North Gum Street — 1 reader
Kennewick WA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Kennewick WA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 11 other agencies.
Kennewick in the Benton County picture
Benton County has 41 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,397 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 210,224 residents and 2,934 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 36.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 7 traffic.
What’s watching Kennewick
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 Kennewick — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Kennewick (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Kennewick
What you can do in Kennewick
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 Kennewick
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).