Flock & ALPR Cameras in Richmond city, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 148 automated license plate readers across Richmond 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 Richmond city compares nationally
Richmond city ranks #399 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 18.6% nationally. The count covers 227,595 residents and 549 miles of county roads — 5.7998 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Richmond 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 Richmond city. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Richmond
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Richmond, VA
- Both Virginia and Richmond propose changes to Flock Safety cameras amongst backlash
- Goochland sheriff suspending use of Flock cameras
- New chapter on the network: Richmond DSA (Richmond, Virginia)
What you can do in Richmond
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.