Flock & ALPR Cameras in Fairmont, West Virginia
Volunteers have reported 13 automated license plate readers in and around Fairmont — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Fairmont in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 22:19 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Fairmont
The readers mapped around Fairmont break down as 11 Flock Safety, 2 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: ROCai. The first camera here was reported in Oct 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- WV 310 — 2 readers
- Locust Avenue — 2 readers
- Bryant Street — 2 readers
- Senator Jennings Randolph Highway — 2 readers
- Bunner Ridge Road — 1 reader
- CR 73/9 — 1 reader
- Squibb Wilson Boulevard — 1 reader
- Meadowdale Road — 1 reader
- Fairmont Gateway Connector — 1 reader
Fairmont WV PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Fairmont WV PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 64 other agencies.
Fairmont in the Marion County picture
Marion County has 21 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #805 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 56,042 residents and 1,526 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 36.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 13 traffic. Operators named on the record: ROCai (2).
Camera activity around Fairmont, last 30 days
3 removed in our hourly change log for Fairmont. Latest change logged Aug 22, 2026.
What’s watching Fairmont
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 Fairmont — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Fairmont (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Fairmont
- 3 license plate readers reported removed near Fairmont, WV
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Fairmont, WV
What you can do in Fairmont
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 Fairmont
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).