Flock & ALPR Cameras in Chesapeake city, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 102 automated license plate readers across Chesapeake city — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 6 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 5 Genetec camera newly reported
- Oct 5 Genetec camera newly reported
- Oct 4 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 9 new license plate readers just reported around Suffolk, VA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Suffolk
📷 5 new license plate readers just reported around Norfolk, VA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Norfolk
📷 6 new license plate readers just reported around Virginia Beach, VA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #VirginiaBeach
How Chesapeake city compares nationally
Chesapeake city ranks #1,074 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 251,153 residents and 1,270 miles of county roads — 2.827 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Chesapeake city
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Chesapeake city. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Chesapeake
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Chesapeake, VA
- 3 license plate readers reported removed near Chesapeake, VA
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Chesapeake, VA
What you can do in Chesapeake
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.