Flock & ALPR Cameras in Lynden, Washington
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Lynden — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 12 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Lynden
The readers mapped around Lynden break down as 1 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Aug 2026.
- Guide Meridian — 1 reader
Lynden in the Whatcom County picture
Whatcom County has 11 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,999 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 228,432 residents and 2,509 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 63.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.
What’s watching Lynden
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 Lynden — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Lynden (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Lynden
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 Lynden
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).