Flock & ALPR Cameras in Appomattox, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Appomattox — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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Appomattox is on the record here. Appomattox County Sheriff's Office suspended its contract with Flock Safety.
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No new reports near Appomattox in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 20:47 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Appomattox
The readers mapped around Appomattox break down as 2 Flock Safety, 1 of unrecorded make. The first camera here was reported in Feb 2025; the most recent in May 2026.
- Richmond Highway — 2 readers
- Oakville Road — 1 reader
Appomattox in the Appomattox County picture
Appomattox County has 3 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,448 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 16,424 residents and 1,464 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 79.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic.
What’s watching Appomattox
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Appomattox — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Appomattox (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Appomattox
- Campbell , Appomattox to end Flock camera contracts . Lynchburg could follow suit .
- Appomattox sheriff suspends Flock camera contract after questioning data, storage practice
- Flock Fallout: Appomattox and Campbell pull the plug on cameras
- Appomattox sheriff suspends Flock camera contract before town hall
What you can do in Appomattox
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Appomattox
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).