Cameras / Washington / Tacoma
License plate readers in Tacoma, WA
Volunteers have documented 15 automated license plate readers inside Tacoma. That is the 34th-largest total among the 54 Washington cities indexed here, and 0.7% of the statewide total. Its 0.3 readers per square mile spread across 49.8 square miles — thinner coverage than 98% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 93% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including The Home Depot and Lowe's. Every mount volunteers recorded here is the same kind: poles.
Updated August 14, 2026.
15
readers documented
0.3
per square mile
34th
of 54 indexed Washington cities
0.7%
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 Safety14 · 93%
- Other vendors1 · 7%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 13 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- The Home Depot (5), Lowe's (3), Lakewood Police Department (1). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (8)
- Coverage area
- 49.8 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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