Flock & ALPR Cameras in Olympia, Washington
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around Olympia — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Cameras Deactivated
Olympia is on the record here. Olympia City Council moved to cover up their Flock cameras, pending deactivation over concerns of federal access and the ability to move freely.
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- Sep 13 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 13 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 13 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 13 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Olympia
The readers mapped around Olympia break down as 2 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Aug 2026.
- 6th Avenue Southwest — 1 reader
- 5th Avenue Southwest — 1 reader
Olympia WA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Olympia WA PD has logged 11 plate-database searches. Its network connects to 81 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Aberdeen WA PD, Adams County WA SO, Airway Heights WA PD, Arlington WA PD, Auburn WA PD, Benton County WA SO, Brewster WA PD, Centralia WA PD.
Olympia in the Thurston County picture
Thurston County has 59 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,384 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 296,640 residents and 2,651 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 27% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.
Camera activity around Olympia, last 30 days
2 newly reported, 11 removed in our hourly change log for Olympia. Latest change logged Aug 19, 2026.
What’s watching Olympia
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 Olympia — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Olympia (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Olympia
- Mr. Olympia judge speaks out after fatal Cybertruck accident
- 4 new license plate readers reported around Olympia, WA
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Olympia, WA
- 11 license plate readers reported removed near Olympia, WA
What you can do in Olympia
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 Olympia
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).