Flock & ALPR Cameras in Newport News city, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 108 automated license plate readers across Newport News city — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 6 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 3 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 30 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 27 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
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How Newport News city compares nationally
Newport News city ranks #391 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 18.2% nationally. The count covers 184,774 residents and 656 miles of county roads — 5.845 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Newport News 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 Newport News city. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Newport News
- 9 new license plate readers reported around Newport News, VA
- ShotSpotter alerts police to shooting victim in Newport News
- Gunshot detection technology was only alert to shots that killed man, Newport News police say
- Hampton and Newport News police used facial recognition app, then denied it
What you can do in Newport News
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.