Flock & ALPR Cameras in Orting, Washington
Volunteers have reported 45 automated license plate readers in and around Orting — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Orting in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 15:25 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
📷 7 new license plate readers just reported around Orting, WA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Orting
📷 15 new license plate readers just reported around Orting, WA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Orting
Where the cameras are in Orting
The readers mapped around Orting break down as 37 Flock Safety, 8 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: Orting PD. The first camera here was reported in May 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Washington Avenue Northwest — 8 readers
- Foothills Trail — 4 readers
- Calistoga Street West — 3 readers
- Harman Way South — 3 readers
- Calistoga Avenue West — 2 readers
- Whitehawk Boulevard Northwest — 2 readers
- Orting-Kapowsin Highway East — 1 reader
- Bridge Street Southwest — 1 reader
- Train Street Southwest — 1 reader
- Hays Avenue Southwest — 1 reader
- Skinner Way Southwest — 1 reader
- Park Place — 1 reader
+ 17 more streets and roads mapped around Orting — all on the live map above.
Orting WA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Orting WA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 98 other agencies.
Orting in the Pierce County picture
Pierce County has 175 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,426 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 924,106 residents and 5,077 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 18.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 45 traffic. Operators named on the record: Orting PD (1).
Camera activity around Orting, last 30 days
34 newly reported in our hourly change log for Orting. Latest change logged Aug 27, 2026.
What’s watching Orting
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 Orting — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Orting (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Orting
- 7 new license plate readers reported around Orting, WA
- 15 new license plate readers reported around Orting, WA
- 12 new license plate readers reported around Orting, WA
- The story is the part you see. This is the journalism behind it. We take you inside our reporting to reveal the evidence, effort and determination that drive The Washington Post’s journalism — starting with our investigation into the misuse of Flock Safety’s nation
What you can do in Orting
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.
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Cameras near Orting
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).