Flock & ALPR Cameras in Shelton, Washington
Volunteers have reported 16 automated license plate readers in and around Shelton — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Need this city’s camera data? Custom extracts are free for researchers, journalists and advocates. Ask for it.
- Oct 6 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Shelton
The readers mapped around Shelton break down as 15 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Shelton PD, Shelton Police Dept.. The first camera here was reported in Jul 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- East Wallace Kneeland Boulevard — 2 readers
- Olympic Highway North — 2 readers
- West Railroad Avenue — 2 readers
- Johns Court — 1 reader
- East Shelton Springs Road — 1 reader
- Lake Boulevard — 1 reader
- East Johns Prairie Road — 1 reader
- North Front Street — 1 reader
- West Alder Street — 1 reader
- East Hiawatha Boulevard — 1 reader
- Olympic Highway South — 1 reader
- East Pine Street — 1 reader
Shelton WA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Shelton WA PD runs 12 cameras of its own, has logged 43 plate-database searches, has captured 105,275 vehicle records. Its network connects to 77 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Adams County WA SO, Airway Heights WA PD, Arlington WA PD, Auburn WA PD, Benton County WA SO, Brewster WA PD, Chehalis Tribe Law Enforcement WA, Chehalis WA PD.
Shelton in the Mason County picture
Mason County has 12 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,456 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 66,968 residents and 1,893 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 55% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 6 traffic. Operators named on the record: Shelton PD (1), Shelton Police Dept. (1).
Camera activity around Shelton, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Shelton. Latest change logged Aug 21, 2026.
What’s watching Shelton
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 Shelton — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Shelton (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Shelton
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 Shelton
← All Washington cameras, counties & cities
Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).