Flock & ALPR Cameras in Yakima County, Washington
Volunteers have reported 420 automated license plate readers across Yakima County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 25 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 20 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 18 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 18 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 16 new license plate readers just reported around Zillah, WA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Zillah
📷 19 new license plate readers just reported around Toppenish, WA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Toppenish
📷 40 new license plate readers just reported around Yakima, WA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Yakima
How Yakima County compares nationally
Yakima County ranks #130 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 6% nationally. The count covers 256,605 residents and 8,258 miles of county roads — 9.158 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Yakima County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Yakima County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Yakima
- Yakima's Flock Cameras Are Being Cut Down
- Flock Cameras Cut Down Across Yakima
- 2 more Yakima Flock cameras cut down; 3 total in the last 2 months
- Yakima County deputies identify hit-and-run suspect using Flock camera system
What you can do in Yakima
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.