Flock & ALPR Cameras in Suffolk, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 71 automated license plate readers in and around Suffolk — cameras that log 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
Where the cameras are in Suffolk
The readers mapped around Suffolk break down as 60 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Suffolk Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2024; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- North Main Street — 7 readers
- East Washington Street — 6 readers
- Godwin Boulevard — 4 readers
- US 13;US 58;US 460 — 3 readers
- Smith Street — 3 readers
- Suburban Drive — 2 readers
- South Saratoga Street — 2 readers
- Holly Lawn Parkway — 2 readers
- Nansemond Parkway — 2 readers
- Colt Street — 2 readers
- Wilroy Road — 2 readers
- Walking Path — 2 readers
+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around Suffolk — all on the live map above.
Suffolk VA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Suffolk VA PD runs 218 cameras of its own, has logged 637 plate-database searches, has captured 625,442 vehicle records. Its network connects to 50 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Suffolk in the Suffolk city picture
Suffolk city has 109 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #82 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 3.8% nationally. That’s across 96,638 residents and 1,378 road miles. By road density that is 0.08 cameras per road mile, in the top 6.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 59 traffic, 1 street. Operators named on the record: Suffolk Police Department (26).
What’s watching Suffolk
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 Suffolk — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Suffolk (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. 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
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 Suffolk
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).