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Cameras in Kent, WA
56 mapped plate readers, 3 traffic cameras, a speed camera program and a red light camera program in Kent.
Plate readers © OpenStreetMap contributors · © OpenMapTiles
Kent, by camera type.
Kent: 56 plate readers mapped. Nearby: SeaTac 37, Auburn 55, Tukwila 48 and Renton 81.
Speed cameras in Kent
Kent runs a speed camera program (running, as of Dec 2025), not yet on this map.
- Speed cameras · Running (as of Dec 2025) Washington Traffic Safety Commission, Automated Safety Enforcement 2025 Annual Report 1 (July 2026) ↗
The law, in short:
RCW 46.63 (2024 HB 2384 expansion; RCW 46.63.250).
Red light cameras in Kent
Kent runs a red light camera program (running, checked Oct 24, 2026), not yet on this map.
- Red light cameras · Running (checked Oct 24, 2026) City of Kent Police, Photo Enforcement Program ↗ · current status not dated
The law, in short:
RCW 46.63 (2024 HB 2384 expansion; RCW 46.63.250).
License plate readers in Kent
56 plate readers are on the map in Kent, and 38 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. 33 of 56 say who runs them. Washington State Department of Transportation is tagged on 10.
First-mapped dates here run from Jun 18, 2025 to Oct 29, 2026. 34 of the 56 were first mapped in 2025.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Kent Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Who can search plate reads in Kent
66 agencies can search reads from the Kent Police Department’s plate readers, by its posted sharing list (Oct 14, 2026). Its portal says it keeps each read for 21 days.
Kent Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- 66
- Keeps each read for
- 21 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 19
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 33
Its transparency portal, as of Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Get one summary email a month on new plate readers in Kent
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
Traffic cameras in Kent
From King County Road Services (King County GIS).
Camera tickets in Kent
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156,883 cameras listed or mapped so far.
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.
- Washington Traffic Safety Commission, Automated Safety Enforcement 2025 Annual Report 1 (July 2026): speed camera program, running, as of Dec 2025
- City of Kent Police, Photo Enforcement Program: red light camera program, running, checked Oct 24, 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
- King County Road Services (King County GIS): Camera locations: King County. Read November 7, 2026.
- 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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