Flock & ALPR Cameras in Petersburg city, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers across Petersburg city — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Leonardo camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Leonardo camera newly reported
- Sep 28 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 28 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Petersburg city compares nationally
Petersburg city ranks #1,454 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 33,365 residents and 248 miles of county roads — 1.7983 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Petersburg 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 Petersburg city. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Petersburg
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.