Flock & ALPR Cameras in Bedford, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 10 automated license plate readers in and around Bedford — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Bedford in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:12 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Bedford
The readers mapped around Bedford break down as 10 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- East Lynchburg Salem Turnpike — 2 readers
- Longwood Avenue — 2 readers
- Shiloh Church Road — 1 reader
- Smith Street — 1 reader
- Dickerson Mill Road — 1 reader
- Forest Road — 1 reader
- Blue Ridge Avenue — 1 reader
- Peaks Road — 1 reader
Bedford VA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Bedford VA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 133 other agencies.
Bedford in the Bedford County picture
Bedford County has 14 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,480 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 80,254 residents and 3,477 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 66% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 8 traffic.
Camera activity around Bedford, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Bedford. Latest change logged Aug 23, 2026.
What’s watching Bedford
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 Bedford — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Bedford (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Bedford
What you can do in Bedford
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 Bedford
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).