Cameras / Washington / Des Moines
License plate readers in Des Moines, WA
Volunteers have documented 20 automated license plate readers inside Des Moines. That is the 27th-largest total among the 60 Washington cities indexed here, and 0.9% of the statewide total. At 3.1 per square mile it is more densely covered than 75% of the 2,430 US cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged Safeway. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 5 on poles and 5 on buildings.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed October 23, 2026.
20
readers documented
3.1
per square mile
27th
of 60 indexed Washington cities · 1,260th of 2,430 nationally
0.9%
of Washington’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety12 · 60%
- Other vendors7 · 35%
- Unknown1 · 5%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 6 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Des Moines Police (10), Safeway (5), Normandy Park Police Department (1). All 719 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (5), building (5)
- Coverage area
- 6.4 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · Washington ALPR law (21 days retention)
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