Flock & ALPR Cameras in Tacoma, Washington
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Tacoma — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Tacoma in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 01:07 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Tacoma
The readers mapped around Tacoma break down as 1 Genetec. Every report here dates to Aug 2026.
- SR 16 — 1 reader
Tacoma 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 1 traffic.
Camera activity around Tacoma, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Tacoma. Latest change logged Aug 29, 2026.
What’s watching Tacoma
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 Tacoma — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Tacoma (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Tacoma
- Tacoma police will not be implementing 'ShotSpotter' technology
- Passing on ShotSpotter: Tacoma Police Department got grant to try devices for detecting gunshots
- Gunshot Detection Test in Tacoma, Wash., Ends Prematurely
- Tacoma police got big money for gunshot detection. Here's why they never used it
What you can do in Tacoma
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 Tacoma
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).