Flock & ALPR Cameras in Suffolk city, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 143 automated license plate readers across Suffolk city — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 6 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 4 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 4 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 3 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 9 new license plate readers just reported around Suffolk, VA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Suffolk
How Suffolk city compares nationally
Suffolk city ranks #82 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 3.8% nationally. The count covers 96,638 residents and 1,378 miles of county roads — 11.2792 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Suffolk 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 Suffolk city. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Suffolk
- Exclusive | Suffolk County more than doubles number of ‘Big Brother’ Flock cameras in past year — with many targeting this tony enclave
- Suffolk County more than doubles number of ‘Big Brother’ Flock cameras in past year — with many targeting this tony enclave
- Exclusive | Suffolk County more than doubles number of 'Big Brother' Flock cameras in past year
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Suffolk, VA
What you can do in Suffolk
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.