Flock & ALPR Cameras in Fairfax County, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 339 automated license plate readers across Fairfax County — 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 County compares nationally
Fairfax County ranks #1,315 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 1,144,474 residents and 3,084 miles of county roads — 2.1757 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Fairfax County
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 County. 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.