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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Ocean Shores, Washington

Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Ocean Shores — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

On the record · Not Renewed

Ocean Shores is on the record here. Ocean Shores removed its Flock camera and installed Axon cameras, which are not yet operating.

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On the record · Cameras Removed

Ocean Shores is on the record here. Ocean Shores removed its Flock camera and installed Axon cameras that are not yet operating.

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Reported cameras nearby
#159
of 236 Washington cities tracked
0.1%
of Washington’s reported cameras
Live camera map 3 reported cameras around Ocean Shores, 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 Ocean Shores

No new reports near Ocean Shores in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 23:53 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.

Where the cameras are in Ocean Shores

The readers mapped around Ocean Shores break down as 3 Axis Communications. Every report here dates to Jul 2026.

  • Point Brown Avenue Northeast — 1 reader
  • Ocean Shores Boulevard Northwest — 1 reader
  • Ocean Lake Way — 1 reader

Ocean Shores 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 3 traffic.

What’s watching Ocean Shores

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

The latest around Ocean Shores

What you can do in Ocean Shores

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.

Cameras near Ocean Shores

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