Cameras / Washington / Federal Way
License plate readers in Federal Way, WA
Volunteers have documented 65 automated license plate readers inside Federal Way. That is the 4th-largest total among the 54 Washington cities indexed here, and 3.0% of the statewide total. At 2.9 per square mile it is more densely covered than 76% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged The Home Depot and Lowe's. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 35 on poles and 3 on buildings.
Updated August 14, 2026.
65
readers documented
2.9
per square mile
4th
of 54 indexed Washington cities
3.0%
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 Safety21 · 32%
- Other vendors43 · 66%
- Unknown1 · 2%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 39 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Federal Way Police (43), The Home Depot (3), Lowe's (3). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (35), building (3)
- Coverage area
- 22.3 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work · Washington ALPR law
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