Flock & ALPR Cameras in Fairfax city, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 38 automated license plate readers across Fairfax city — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 30 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 29 License plate reader newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 6 new license plate readers just reported around Arlington, VA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Arlington
How Fairfax city compares nationally
Fairfax city ranks #50 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 2.3% nationally. The count covers 24,478 residents and 81 miles of county roads — 13.89 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Fairfax 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 Fairfax city. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Fairfax
- New chapter on the network: DeFlock Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia)
- For Fairfax County Police, License Plate Readers are a Game Changer
- Victory ! Fairfax , Virginia Judge Finds That Local Police Use of ALPR Violates the State Data Act
- Victory Fairfax Virginia Judge Finds Local Police Use Alpr Violates States Data
What you can do in Fairfax
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.