Flock & ALPR Cameras in Brightwood, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Brightwood — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Brightwood in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:58 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Brightwood
The readers mapped around Brightwood break down as 3 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Madison County Sheriff's Office. The first camera here was reported in May 2025; the most recent in Apr 2026.
- James Madison Highway — 1 reader
- North Seminole Trail — 1 reader
- US 522 — 1 reader
Brightwood in the Madison County picture
Madison County has 5 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #859 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 13,931 residents and 1,145 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 63.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic. Operators named on the record: Madison County Sheriff's Office (1).
What’s watching Brightwood
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 Brightwood — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Brightwood (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Brightwood
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 Brightwood
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).