Flock & ALPR Cameras in Blacksburg, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 25 automated license plate readers in and around Blacksburg — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Blacksburg in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:13 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Blacksburg
The readers mapped around Blacksburg break down as 22 Flock Safety, 3 PIPS Technology. Named operators in the reports: Virginia Tech Police Department, Blacksburg Police Department, Montgomery County Sheriff's Office. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2024; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- South Main Street — 3 readers
- North Main Street — 2 readers
- Prices Fork Road — 2 readers
- Southgate Drive — 2 readers
- Pandapas Pond Road — 1 reader
- West Campus Drive — 1 reader
- Turner Street Northwest — 1 reader
- Alumni Mall — 1 reader
- Stanger Street — 1 reader
- Blacksburg — 1 reader
- Plantation Road — 1 reader
- Washington Street — 1 reader
+ 8 more streets and roads mapped around Blacksburg — all on the live map above.
Blacksburg VA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Blacksburg VA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 21 other agencies.
Blacksburg in the Montgomery County picture
Montgomery County has 36 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #846 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 99,159 residents and 1,946 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 30.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 24 traffic, 1 parking. Operators named on the record: Virginia Tech Police Department (13), Blacksburg Police Department (10), Montgomery County Sheriff's Office (1).
Camera activity around Blacksburg, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Blacksburg. Latest change logged Aug 23, 2026.
What’s watching Blacksburg
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 Blacksburg — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Blacksburg (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Blacksburg
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 Blacksburg
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).