Flock & ALPR Cameras in Spanaway, Washington
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Spanaway — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Spanaway in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:05 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Spanaway
The readers mapped around Spanaway break down as 5 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: The Home Depot. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2025; the most recent in Aug 2025.
- 1st Avenue Court South — 2 readers
- Military Road East — 2 readers
- 149th Street South — 1 reader
Spanaway 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 3 parking_entrance, 1 entrance. Operators named on the record: The Home Depot (1).
What’s watching Spanaway
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 Spanaway — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Spanaway (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Spanaway
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 Spanaway
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).