Flock & ALPR Cameras in Yelm, Washington
Volunteers have reported 8 automated license plate readers in and around Yelm — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Yelm in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 16:20 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Yelm
The readers mapped around Yelm break down as 8 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in May 2025; the most recent in Feb 2026.
- State Route 507 — 3 readers
- Bald Hill Road Southeast — 1 reader
- Northeast 103rd Avenue — 1 reader
- East Yelm Avenue — 1 reader
- West Yelm Avenue — 1 reader
- Cullens Rd — 1 reader
Yelm WA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Yelm WA PD runs 8 cameras of its own, has logged 35 plate-database searches, has captured 111,584 vehicle records. Its network connects to 107 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Aberdeen WA PD, Adams County WA SO, Airway Heights WA PD, Arlington WA PD, Auburn WA PD, Benton County WA SO, Brewster WA PD, Centralia WA PD.
Yelm 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 8 traffic.
What’s watching Yelm
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 Yelm — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Yelm (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Yelm
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 Yelm
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).