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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Sultan, Washington

Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Sultan — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

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Reported cameras nearby
#120
of 236 Washington cities tracked
0.2%
of Washington’s reported cameras
Live camera map 5 reported cameras around Sultan, Washington
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Camera Watch Recently reported near Sultan

No new reports near Sultan in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 22:15 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.

Where the cameras are in Sultan

The readers mapped around Sultan break down as 5 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Aug 2025; the most recent in Jun 2026.

  • Rice Road — 1 reader
  • Stevens Pass Highway — 1 reader
  • Sultan Basin Road — 1 reader
  • 311th Avenue Southeast — 1 reader
  • Old Owen Road — 1 reader

Sultan WA PD and the sharing network

Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Sultan WA PD runs 6 cameras of its own, has captured 100,319 vehicle records. Its network connects to 15 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.

Connected agencies include: Arlington WA PD, Edmonds WA PD, Everett WA PD, Granite Falls WA PD, Lake Stevens WA PD, Lynnwood WA PD, Marysville WA PD, Mill Creek WA PD.

Sultan in the Snohomish County picture

Snohomish County has 294 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #879 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 834,648 residents and 4,750 road miles. By road density that is 0.06 cameras per road mile, in the top 9.7% of counties nationally.

Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 5 traffic.

What’s watching Sultan

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 Sultan — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Sultan (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.

What you can do in Sultan

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.

Cameras near Sultan

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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).