Flock & ALPR Cameras in Bluefield, West Virginia
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Bluefield — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Bluefield in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:28 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Bluefield in the Mercer County picture
Mercer County has 3 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,977 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 59,062 residents and 1,596 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 80.5% of counties nationally.
What’s watching Bluefield
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 Bluefield — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Bluefield (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Bluefield
What you can do in Bluefield
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 Bluefield
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).