Flock & ALPR Cameras in Othello, Washington
Volunteers have reported 10 automated license plate readers in and around Othello — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Othello in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 9, 03:12 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Othello
The readers mapped around Othello break down as 10 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Othello PD, Adams County Sheriff. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2025; the most recent in Jan 2026.
- Lee Street — 2 readers
- Broadway Avenue — 1 reader
- West Main Street — 1 reader
- South 14th Avenue — 1 reader
- South Broadway Avenue — 1 reader
- South 1st Street — 1 reader
- South Taylor Road — 1 reader
- West Cunningham Road — 1 reader
- Booker Road — 1 reader
Othello WA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Othello WA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 97 other agencies.
Othello in the Adams County picture
Adams County has 10 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #555 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 20,690 residents and 2,431 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 65.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 9 traffic. Operators named on the record: Othello PD (6), Adams County Sheriff (2).
What’s watching Othello
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 Othello — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Othello (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Othello
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 Othello
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).