Flock & ALPR Cameras in Harrisonburg, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Harrisonburg — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Contract Canceled
Harrisonburg is on the record here. Harrisonburg, VA terminated its Flock Safety contract covering 31 cameras. Cited reasons: Public backlash; Fixed-ALPR policy requiring council approval; Organized opposition (Deflock Harrisonburg).
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- Sep 22, 2026 On the agenda: Harrisonburg City Council — License Plate Recognition (Sep 22)
- Sep 18, 2026 On the agenda: Harrisonburg City Council on 2026-09-22 7:00 PM - Sep 22, 2026 — License Plate Recognition (Sep 18)
- Sep 8, 2026 On the agenda: Harrisonburg City Council — ALPR (Sep 8)
- Sep 8, 2026 Harrisonburg City Council Meeting
Every record for this area on the Docket → · nothing is ever deleted.
No new reports near Harrisonburg in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 00:10 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Harrisonburg
The readers mapped around Harrisonburg break down as 3 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Apr 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Linda Lane — 2 readers
- University Boulevard — 1 reader
Harrisonburg VA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Harrisonburg VA PD runs 31 cameras of its own, has logged 302 plate-database searches, has captured 298,347 vehicle records. Its network connects to 71 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Harrisonburg in the Harrisonburg city picture
Harrisonburg city has 31 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #373 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 17.4% nationally. That’s across 51,492 residents and 162 road miles. By road density that is 0.19 cameras per road mile, in the top 1.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (2).
What’s watching Harrisonburg
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 Harrisonburg — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Harrisonburg (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Harrisonburg
- On the agenda: Harrisonburg City Council — License Plate Recognition (Sep 22)
- On the agenda: Harrisonburg City Council on 2026-09-22 7:00 PM - Sep 22, 2026 — License Plate Recognition (Sep 18)
- On the agenda: Harrisonburg City Council — ALPR (Sep 8)
- 21 license plate readers reported removed near Harrisonburg, VA
What you can do in Harrisonburg
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 Harrisonburg
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).