Flock & ALPR Cameras in Hopewell, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 22 automated license plate readers in and around Hopewell — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Hopewell in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 23:26 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Hopewell
The readers mapped around Hopewell break down as 22 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Hopewell Police Department, Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2024; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- West Randolph Road — 3 readers
- East Randolph Road — 2 readers
- Winston Churchill Drive — 2 readers
- West City Point Road — 2 readers
- Jordan Point Road — 1 reader
- Terminal Street — 1 reader
- Oaklawn Boulevard — 1 reader
- High Avenue — 1 reader
- Roxbury Road — 1 reader
- South Mesa Drive — 1 reader
- South 6th Avenue — 1 reader
- Appomattox Street — 1 reader
+ 5 more streets and roads mapped around Hopewell — all on the live map above.
Hopewell VA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Hopewell VA PD runs 40 cameras of its own, has logged 188 plate-database searches, has captured 191,113 vehicle records. Its network connects to 22 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Hopewell in the Hopewell city picture
Hopewell city has 16 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #261 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 12.2% nationally. That’s across 22,944 residents and 144 road miles. By road density that is 0.11 cameras per road mile, in the top 4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 22 traffic. Operators named on the record: Hopewell Police Department (7), Flock Safety (3).
Camera activity around Hopewell, last 30 days
2 newly reported in our hourly change log for Hopewell. Latest change logged Sep 2, 2026.
What’s watching Hopewell
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 Hopewell — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Hopewell (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Hopewell
- On the agenda: Hopewell meeting — license plate reader (Sep 22)
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Hopewell, VA
- On the agenda: Hopewell meeting — license plate reader (Apr 14)
What you can do in Hopewell
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 Hopewell
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).