Flock & ALPR Cameras in Lake Stevens, Washington
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Lake Stevens — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Lake Stevens in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:06 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Lake Stevens
The readers mapped around Lake Stevens break down as 2 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Apr 2025; the most recent in Jun 2025.
- North Machias Road — 1 reader
- 16th Street Northeast — 1 reader
Lake Stevens WA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Lake Stevens WA PD runs 4 cameras of its own, has logged 18 plate-database searches, has captured 89,233 vehicle records. Its network connects to 15 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Lake Stevens 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 Lake Stevens
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 Lake Stevens — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Lake Stevens (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Lake Stevens
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 Lake Stevens
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).