Flock & ALPR Cameras in Powhatan County, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 14 automated license plate readers across Powhatan County — 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 Powhatan County compares nationally
Powhatan County ranks #766 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 31,074 residents and 1,046 miles of county roads — 3.8617 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Powhatan County
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 Powhatan County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Powhatan
What you can do in Powhatan
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.