Flock & ALPR Cameras in University Place, Washington
No cameras reported in and around University Place — yet. That usually means nobody has checked, not that the roads are clear. Be the one who looks.
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Help put University Place on the map
The camera map is built by volunteers, one report at a time — and nobody has surveyed University Place yet. ALPRs look like small gray cameras on poles, often solar-powered, near intersections and shopping centers. Spot one? Reporting takes about a minute.
On the agenda: University Place meeting — automated license plate (Oct 19)
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No new reports near University Place in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 17, 09:47 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
University Place 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.
Why this page exists
Automated license plate readers are spreading town by town, usually with no public vote — volunteers have already mapped 2,294 across Washington. Cameras often arrive quietly in towns exactly like University Place: a council consent-agenda item, then poles by the grocery store. Learn what they look like, check the roads you drive daily, and this page will update as reports come in.
The latest around University Place
What you can do in University Place
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 University Place
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).