Flock & ALPR Cameras in West Richland, Washington
Volunteers have reported 10 automated license plate readers in and around West Richland — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near West Richland in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 06:27 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in West Richland
The readers mapped around West Richland break down as 10 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: West Richland Police. The first camera here was reported in Apr 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- West Van Giesen Street — 2 readers
- Bombing Range Road — 1 reader
- Dallas Road — 1 reader
- Paradise Way — 1 reader
- Keene Road Trail — 1 reader
- Snowgrass Avenue — 1 reader
- Kennedy Road — 1 reader
- Ruppert Road — 1 reader
- Northlake Drive — 1 reader
West Richland WA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, West Richland WA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 19 other agencies.
West Richland in the Benton County picture
Benton County has 41 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,397 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 210,224 residents and 2,934 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 36.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 10 traffic. Operators named on the record: West Richland Police (4).
Camera activity around West Richland, last 30 days
4 removed in our hourly change log for West Richland. Latest change logged Sep 2, 2026.
What’s watching West Richland
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 West Richland — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to West Richland (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around West Richland
- 4 license plate readers reported removed near West Richland, WA
- On the agenda: West Richland meeting — Flock Safety (Feb 17)
What you can do in West Richland
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.
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Cameras near West Richland
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).