Flock & ALPR Cameras in Tumwater, Washington
Volunteers have reported 7 automated license plate readers in and around Tumwater — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 28 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 28 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Tumwater
The readers mapped around Tumwater break down as 5 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: The Home Depot. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Kingswood Drive Southeast — 2 readers
- Tumwater — 1 reader
- Tyee Drive Southwest — 1 reader
- 93rd Avenue Southwest — 1 reader
Tumwater in the Thurston County picture
Thurston County has 59 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,384 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 296,640 residents and 2,651 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 27% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 5 traffic. Operators named on the record: The Home Depot (4).
What’s watching Tumwater
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 Tumwater — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Tumwater (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Tumwater
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Tumwater, WA
- Tumwater police chief discusses delay in implementing license plate detection system
What you can do in Tumwater
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 Tumwater
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).