Verified Flock
Yep. Fairfax is flocked.
Yes. Public records in our database document Flock Safety automated license plate readers in Fairfax, Virginia recorded for Fairfax County Police Department, Fairfax Police Department and George Mason University Police Department. Separately, 36 individual ALPR camera locations mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors fall inside the municipal boundary, 36 of them source-tagged Flock Safety.
Agency
Fairfax County Police Department
Agency type
Police
Jurisdiction
County
County
No verified record currently in our database
State
Virginia (VA)
Vendor
Flock Safety
The Fairfax County Police Department began using Flock Safety automated license plate readers in 2023.
Verified deployment detail
No primary sources on file yet
Cameras / readers
Not publicly verified
Contract price
Not publicly verified
Contract start
Not publicly verified
Contract end
Not publicly verified
Data retention
Not publicly verified
Data sharing documented
Not publicly verified
Date approved
Not publicly verified
ALPR policy
Not publicly verified
Contract / public record
Not publicly verified
Flock transparency portal
Not publicly verified
Every value above is transcribed from the linked document. Nothing is estimated or inferred, and claims circulating on social media are never published here. “Not publicly verified” means we have not found a reliable primary or reported source — never that the thing does not exist.
Sources · record AOS011626
Agency
Fairfax Police Department
Agency type
Police
Jurisdiction
Municipal
County
No verified record currently in our database
State
Virginia (VA)
Vendor
Flock Safety
As of April 2024, the Fairfax Police Department operates 19 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.
Verified deployment detail
No primary sources on file yet
Cameras / readers
Not publicly verified
Contract price
Not publicly verified
Contract start
Not publicly verified
Contract end
Not publicly verified
Data retention
Not publicly verified
Data sharing documented
Not publicly verified
Date approved
Not publicly verified
ALPR policy
Not publicly verified
Contract / public record
Not publicly verified
Flock transparency portal
Not publicly verified
Every value above is transcribed from the linked document. Nothing is estimated or inferred, and claims circulating on social media are never published here. “Not publicly verified” means we have not found a reliable primary or reported source — never that the thing does not exist.
Sources · record AOS013650
Agency
George Mason University Police Department
Agency type
Police
Jurisdiction
University
County
No verified record currently in our database
State
Virginia (VA)
Vendor
No verified record currently in our database
The George Mason University Police Department uses automated license plate readers, according to 2024 data.
Sources · record AOS016016
These entries document that an agency has been reported to use ALPR technology. They do not establish camera counts, exact locations, cost, retention periods or sharing policies unless the linked source says so.
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Everything on this page traces back to the records below. Where a record carries no linked document, we say so instead of filling the gap.
Deployment records come from the EFF Atlas of Surveillance ↗. Database last updated 2026-08-07.
36 mapped camera points inside the Fairfax boundary, from OpenStreetMap contributors via the DeFlock ↗ dataset (ODbL). Each point links to its own OpenStreetMap record in the camera list on this page.
Camera points are matched to this municipality by point-in-polygon containment against US Census Bureau cartographic boundaries (2023) — the coordinate falls inside the municipal boundary. Containment is a statement about location only, never about ownership, operation, purchase or deployment.
Other Virginia communities with a record in our database — nearest by county first. Absence from this list is not evidence of absence.
Cardinal News counts at least a dozen Virginia localities that have stepped away from Flock devices since July, and reports Lynchburg may be next.
Cardinal NewsSep 3, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
A judge dismissed a constitutional challenge to a Virginia city's Flock camera program, The Record reported.
The Record (Recorded Future News)Jul 15, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
A federal judge rejected Norfolk residents' bid to halt the city's Flock camera network before trial, Ars Technica reported.
Ars TechnicaJan 28, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
The Virginian-Pilot reported that a judge dismissed the challenge to Norfolk's Flock camera program before it reached trial.
The Virginian-PilotJan 27, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
Camera counts, contract prices, retention and sharing policies are shown only where we found a primary source. Where they're missing, the information is not publicly verified — see the Flock Files for the documents we do have.
Data attribution
Portions of the surveillance deployment data on this site come from the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Atlas of Surveillance. atlasofsurveillance.org ↗ Are You Flocked? is independent and is not affiliated with the EFF or Flock Safety. Database last updated 2026-08-07.
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