Flock & ALPR Cameras in Roanoke County, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 23 automated license plate readers across Roanoke County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 12 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 Shawsville, VA just got its first reported license plate readers. Someone went out and looked — now it's on the map. #ALPR #Surveillance #Shawsville
How Roanoke County compares nationally
Roanoke County ranks #1,549 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 96,793 residents and 1,721 miles of county roads — 1.5497 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Roanoke 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 Roanoke County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Roanoke
- New chapter on the network: DeFlock Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia)
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Roanoke, VA
- Business: Twelve Stone Health Partners Announces Roanoke, VA Infusion Center Opening
What you can do in Roanoke
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.