Flock & ALPR Cameras in Charlottesville, Virginia
No cameras reported in and around Charlottesville — yet. That usually means nobody has checked, not that the roads are clear. Be the one who looks.
On the record · Contract Rejected
Charlottesville is on the record here. The Charlottesville City Council decided not to move forward with a contract with Flock Safety following the conclusion of their pilot program, due to their concerns with the system outweighing any benefits.
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Help put Charlottesville on the map
The camera map is built by volunteers, one report at a time — and nobody has surveyed Charlottesville yet. ALPRs look like small gray cameras on poles, often solar-powered, near intersections and shopping centers. Spot one? Reporting takes about a minute.
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No new reports near Charlottesville in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:28 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Charlottesville VA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Charlottesville VA PD runs 2 cameras of its own. Its network connects to 12 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Charlottesville in the Charlottesville city picture
Charlottesville city has 0 reported cameras county-wide. That’s across 45,863 residents and 153 road miles.
Why this page exists
Automated license plate readers are spreading town by town, usually with no public vote — volunteers have already mapped 3,435 across Virginia. Cameras often arrive quietly in towns exactly like Charlottesville: a council consent-agenda item, then poles by the grocery store. Learn what they look like, check the roads you drive daily, and this page will update as reports come in.
The latest around Charlottesville
- On the agenda: Charlottesville Police Civilian Oversight Board — license plate reader (Jul 9)
- Charlottesville and Staunton cancel license plate reading technology
- Charlottesville ends use of Flock surveillance cameras after privacy concerns
- Charlottesville police chief calls Flock Safety CEO email unprofessional
What you can do in Charlottesville
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 Charlottesville
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).