Flock & ALPR Cameras in Montesano, Washington
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Montesano — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Montesano in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 23:02 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Montesano
The readers mapped around Montesano break down as 4 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Montesano Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2025; the most recent in May 2026.
- South Main Street — 2 readers
- West Pioneer Avenue — 1 reader
- Monte Brady Road — 1 reader
Montesano WA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Montesano WA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 17 other agencies.
Montesano in the Grays Harbor County picture
Grays Harbor County has 24 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #981 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 76,397 residents and 4,429 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 58.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic. Operators named on the record: Montesano Police Department (3).
What’s watching Montesano
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 Montesano — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Montesano (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Montesano
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 Montesano
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).