Flock & ALPR Cameras in Pennington Gap, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Pennington Gap — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Pennington Gap in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 13:26 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Pennington Gap
The readers mapped around Pennington Gap break down as 4 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Aug 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- East Morgan Avenue — 2 readers
- West Morgan Avenue — 2 readers
Pennington Gap VA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Pennington Gap VA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 71 other agencies.
Pennington Gap in the Lee County picture
Lee County has 3 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,612 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 22,042 residents and 1,981 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 84.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic.
Camera activity around Pennington Gap, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Pennington Gap. Latest change logged Aug 29, 2026.
What’s watching Pennington Gap
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 Pennington Gap — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Pennington Gap (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Pennington Gap
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 Pennington Gap
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).