Flock & ALPR Cameras in Staunton, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 9 automated license plate readers in and around Staunton — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Contract Canceled
Staunton is on the record here. The Staunton Police Chief and City Council canceled their contract with Flock Safety following a verbal attack on the city's residents by the CEO of Flock.
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No new reports near Staunton in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 16:21 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Staunton
The readers mapped around Staunton break down as 8 Flock Safety, 1 Genetec. Named operators in the reports: Staunton Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- I 81 — 5 readers
- Richmond Avenue — 2 readers
- West Beverley Street — 1 reader
- Frontier Drive — 1 reader
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Staunton in the Staunton city picture
Staunton city has 7 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,107 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 25,765 residents and 175 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 15.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 9 traffic. Operators named on the record: Staunton Police Department (1).
What’s watching Staunton
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 Staunton — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Staunton (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Staunton
- Staunton, VA: Contract Canceled
- New chapter on the network: Live Free VA (Staunton, Virginia)
- Charlottesville and Staunton cancel license plate reading technology
- Flock CEO includes Charlottesville, Staunton in email blaming activists for cities dropping the company’s services
What you can do in Staunton
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.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Staunton
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).