King County

As of April 2024, the Kent Police Department operates 12 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock SafetyThe News & ObserverThe News & Observer

The Kent Police Department began using 105 Axon body-worn cameras in October 2019.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Kent Reporter

The Kent Police Department operates a camera registry through its SafeCam Program. It also accepts registrations through Motorola Solutions' CityProtect platform.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Kent Police DepartmentCityProtect

The Kent Police Department operates six DJI drones, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegemynorthwest.comwww.kentwa.gov

The Kent Police Departmentuses Vintra software to analyze video, according to a March 2023 report.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Los Angeles Times

The Seattle Police Department uses automated license plate readers.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Seattle Police DepartmentSeattle Police Department

The Seattle Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Seattle Police DepartmentSeattle Police DepartmentKIRO 7 News

The Seattle Police Department operates a Fusus camera registry.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Seattle Police Department

The Seattle Police Department has used Brinc drones as of 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): GeekWirewww.reuters.comsource

The Seattle Police Department has operated a real-time crime center in its headquarters since 2015, funded with asset forfeiture dunds and a $400,000 federal grant. The RTCC provides analyzts with a wall of monitors that monitors criminal activity in real time. The department has also used predictive policing to identify potential crime hotspots. The analysts at the RTCC gather information collected from 911 dispatch calls, SeaStat data, radio traffic, and vehicle data, among other surveillance systems and databases.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Seattle's WebsiteKOMO NewsGeekwire

The Auburn Police Department has been using automated license plate readers since at least 2008.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Auburn Reporter

The Auburn Police Department signed a contract with Axon for body-worn cameras in 2022, but has been using BWCs since at least 2019.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): KIRO7 NewsAuburn Reporter

The Auburn Police Department has a camera registry program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Auburn Examiner

The Auburn Police Department operates one 3DR Solo drone as of 2017, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewww.kiro7.com

The Des Moines Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Urbanist

The Des Moines Police Department uses body-worn cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Des Moines Police DepartmentThe Waterland BlogDes Moines Police Facebook page

The Des Moines Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras through Motorola Solutions' CityProtect platform.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CityProtect

The Renton Police Department uses automated license plate readers.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Renton

The Renton Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Renton

The Renton Police Department operates five drones as of 2016, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewww.rentonreporter.commynorthwest.com

As of April 2024, the Tukwila Police Department operates 27 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock SafetyThe News & ObserverThe News & Observer

Tukwila Police Department deployed body-worn cameras department-wide in 2017.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Tukwila Police Department

The Tukwila Police Department operates two DJI drones as of 2017, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewww.faa.govwww.policeone.com

The Black Diamond Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Sumner, WACourier Herald

The Black Diamond Police Department has been using body-worn cameras since December 2021.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Courier Herald

The Federal Way Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Sumner, WA

Federal Way Police Department acquired body-worn cameras in 2021.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Federal Way Mirror

The King County Sheriff's Office uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Sumner, WA

King County's Sherriff's Office uses drone technology for search and rescue operations but do not own their own equipment.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): KIRO 7 NewsMuckRock

The Bellevue Police Department uses Brinc drones.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Smart Cities

The Clyde Hill Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Urbanist

The Emumclaw Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras through Motorola Solutions' CityProtect platform.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CityProtect

The Enumclaw Police Department planned to launch a body-worn camera program in fall 2022.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Courier Herald

A local newspaper reported that the police used a drone

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Federal Way Mirror

The Hunts Point Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Sumner, WA

The Issaquah Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras through Motorola Solutions' CityProtect platform.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): CityProtect

The Kirkland Police Department began using Axon body-worn cameras in 2022.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of KirklandCity of Kirkland

As of April 2024, the Medina Police Department operates 15 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock SafetyThe News & ObserverThe News & Observer

The Mercer Island Police Department purchased automated license plate readers for three vehicles July 2020.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Mercer Island Reporter

The Newcastle Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Sumner, WA

The Normandy Park Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Sumner, WAKOMO

The Pacific Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Urbanist

The Port of Seattle Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Sumner, WA

The Redmond Police Department operates two drones as of 2019, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegepatch.com

The Sea Tac Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Sumner, WA

The Sea-Tac Airport is one of 18 airports where Customs and Border Protection is using face recognition technology as of March 2019. An executive order signed by Pres. Trump in 2019 requires Customs and Border Protection to install face recognition technology at the United States' top 20 airports by 2021.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): BuzzfeedTechCrunch

The Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL) does not give external entities direct access to its face recognition system. However, DOL will run photos through face recognition for law enforcement “with a court order to determine whether the person has been issued a driver license or ID under a different name."

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Electronic Frontier Foundation

The Yarrow Point Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Urbanist