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Cameras in Federal Way, WA
66 mapped plate readers, a speed camera program and a red light camera program in Federal Way.
Plate readers © OpenStreetMap contributors · © OpenMapTiles
Federal Way, by camera type.
Federal Way: 66 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Auburn 55, Kent 56, Puyallup 42 and SeaTac 37.
Speed cameras in Federal Way
Federal Way runs a speed camera program (running, as of Oct 2026), not yet on this map.
- School-zone speed cameras · Running (as of Oct 2026) City of Federal Way ↗
The law, in short:
RCW 46.63 (2024 HB 2384 expansion; RCW 46.63.250).
Red light cameras in Federal Way
Federal Way runs a red light camera program (running, as of Oct 2026), not yet on this map.
- Red light cameras · Running (as of Oct 2026) City of Federal Way ↗
The law, in short:
RCW 46.63 (2024 HB 2384 expansion; RCW 46.63.250).
License plate readers in Federal Way
66 plate readers are on the map in Federal Way, and 22 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. 56 of 66 say who runs them. Federal Way Police is tagged on 44.
First-mapped dates here run from Mar 16, 2025 to Aug 15, 2026. 57 of the 66 were first mapped in 2025, with 24 in March alone.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Federal Way Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Who can search plate reads in Federal Way
EyesOnFlock lists no transparency portal for the Federal Way Police Department (Oct 14, 2026). It posts no sharing list, so who can search reads from its cameras is not stated. The sharing lists of 22 agencies name it, so it can search their reads.
Federal Way Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- Not stated
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 22
No transparency portal listed, Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Get one summary email a month on new plate readers in Federal Way
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
Traffic cameras in Federal Way
No traffic camera feed is listed for Federal Way yet.
Camera tickets in Federal Way
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Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- City of Federal Way: school-zone speed camera program, running, as of Oct 2026
- City of Federal Way: red light camera program, running, as of Oct 2026
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
- US Census Bureau: city boundary (cartographic file 2025)
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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