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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Longview, Washington

Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Longview — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

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Reported cameras nearby

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of 236 Washington cities tracked

0.1%

of Washington’s reported cameras

⚠ On the Docket near you

On the agenda: Longview City Council Regular Meeting - Thursday — Public Safety Camera (Oct 8)
Thursday, October 8 — tomorrow · The full record → · Read the agenda ↗

The local record — what was proposed here

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Live camera map 2 reported cameras around Longview, Washington

Every dot is a volunteer-reported license plate reader · map data curated by the DeFlock project · refreshed daily Open the full map →

Camera Watch Recently reported near Longview

No new reports near Longview in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:54 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.

Where the cameras are in Longview

The readers mapped around Longview break down as 2 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Jan 2026.

Ocean Beach Highway — 2 readers

Longview in the Cowlitz County picture

Cowlitz County has 2 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #2,123 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 111,539 residents and 3,598 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 96% of counties nationally.

Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (2).

What’s watching Longview

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 Longview — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Longview (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.

The latest around Longview

What you can do in Longview

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 Longview

Kelso (5) La Center (2) Dollar Corner (15) Napavine (4)

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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).