Flock & ALPR Cameras in Port Townsend, Washington
Volunteers have reported 9 automated license plate readers in and around Port Townsend — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Port Townsend in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 15:28 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
📷 5 new license plate readers just reported around Port Townsend, WA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #PortTownsend
Where the cameras are in Port Townsend
The readers mapped around Port Townsend break down as 5 Axis Communications, 2 Genetec, 2 Neology, Inc.. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2026; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- Water Street — 7 readers
- West Sims Way — 2 readers
Port Townsend in the Jefferson County picture
Jefferson County has 7 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,341 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 33,313 residents and 1,847 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 67.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 9 traffic.
Camera activity around Port Townsend, last 30 days
5 newly reported, 5 removed in our hourly change log for Port Townsend. Latest change logged Sep 2, 2026.
What’s watching Port Townsend
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 Port Townsend — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Port Townsend (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Port Townsend
- 5 license plate readers reported removed near Port Townsend, WA
- 5 new license plate readers reported around Port Townsend, WA
What you can do in Port Townsend
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 Port Townsend
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).