Flock & ALPR Cameras in Matoaca, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 13 automated license plate readers in and around Matoaca — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 19 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 13 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Matoaca
The readers mapped around Matoaca break down as 9 Flock Safety, 2 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: CCSO. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Boydton Plank Road — 2 readers
- Hofheimer Way — 2 readers
- River Road — 1 reader
- Longhouse Lane — 1 reader
- Woodpecker Road — 1 reader
- Hickory Road — 1 reader
- Olgers Road — 1 reader
- Cox Road — 1 reader
- New Cox Road — 1 reader
Matoaca in the Chesterfield County picture
Chesterfield County has 120 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #957 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 371,610 residents and 2,657 road miles. By road density that is 0.05 cameras per road mile, in the top 13.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 9 traffic. Operators named on the record: CCSO (1).
What’s watching Matoaca
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 Matoaca — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Matoaca (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Matoaca
What you can do in Matoaca
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 Matoaca
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).