Flock & ALPR Cameras in Rocky Mount, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 12 automated license plate readers in and around Rocky Mount — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Rocky Mount in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 18:26 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Rocky Mount
The readers mapped around Rocky Mount break down as 12 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Rocky Mount Police Department, Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Apr 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Old Franklin Turnpike — 4 readers
- Booker T Washington Highway — 2 readers
- Virgil H Goode Highway — 2 readers
- North Main Street — 1 reader
- Franklin Street — 1 reader
- Bethlehem Road — 1 reader
- Bonbrook Mill Road — 1 reader
Rocky Mount VA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Rocky Mount VA PD runs 4 cameras of its own, has logged 9 plate-database searches, has captured 67,671 vehicle records. Its network connects to 176 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Accomack County VA SO, Alberta VA PD, Alexandria VA PD, Altavista VA PD, Amelia County VA SO, Amherst County VA SO, Appomattox County VA SO, Arlington County VA PD.
Rocky Mount in the Franklin County picture
Franklin County has 21 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #778 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 54,958 residents and 3,154 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 53.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 12 traffic. Operators named on the record: Rocky Mount Police Department (4), Lowe's (1).
Camera activity around Rocky Mount, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Rocky Mount. Latest change logged Aug 29, 2026.
What’s watching Rocky Mount
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 Rocky Mount — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Rocky Mount (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Rocky Mount
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 Rocky Mount
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).