Flock & ALPR Cameras in Danville, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 20 automated license plate readers in and around Danville — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Danville in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 15:27 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
📷 103 new license plate readers just reported around Danville, VA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Danville
Where the cameras are in Danville
The readers mapped around Danville break down as 18 Flock Safety, 1 of unrecorded make, 1 Motorola Solutions. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Lowes Drive — 3 readers
- Central Boulevard — 2 readers
- Piedmont Drive — 2 readers
- Riverside Drive — 2 readers
- South Boston Road — 1 reader
- Franklin Turnpike — 1 reader
- Mill Creek Road — 1 reader
- West Main Street — 1 reader
- Richmond Boulevard — 1 reader
- North Main Street — 1 reader
- South Main Street — 1 reader
- Main Street Plaza Brick Walk — 1 reader
+ 3 more streets and roads mapped around Danville — all on the live map above.
Danville VA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Danville VA PD runs 21 cameras of its own, has logged 300 plate-database searches, has captured 213,723 vehicle records. Its network connects to 10 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Danville in the Danville city picture
Danville city has 17 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #720 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 42,239 residents and 390 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 14.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 17 traffic, 1 street.
What’s watching Danville
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 Danville — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Danville (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Danville
- 112 license plate readers reported removed near Danville, VA
- 103 new license plate readers reported around Danville, VA
- 9 new license plate readers reported around Danville, VA
What you can do in Danville
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.
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Cameras near Danville
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).