Flock & ALPR Cameras in Pierce County, Washington
Volunteers have reported 254 automated license plate readers across Pierce County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 1 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 25 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 24 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 24 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 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
How Pierce County compares nationally
Pierce County ranks #1,426 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 924,106 residents and 5,077 miles of county roads — 1.8937 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Pierce County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Pierce County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Pierce
- Pierce County Sheriff Deactivates In-Car License Plate Readers After Washington Driver Privacy Act
- Pierce County, WA: Paused
What you can do in Pierce
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.