United States, Prince William County, Virginia

Prince William County Police Department

Flock Safety licence plate readers, supplied by Flock Safety

OperationalJournalismPAI-1B49B607

Body
Prince William County Police Department
Country
United States
Area
Prince William County, Virginia
Technology
Flock Safety licence plate readers
Supplier
Flock Safety
Status
Operational
In routine use by the named body, on the evidence of a public source.
Stage
In use now
Since
Not known
Legal basis
Not stated in the source
Oversight
Not stated in the source
Evidence
Journalism
Named reporting by a reputable outlet
Source
Inside NoVA (undated page), Board of County Supervisors meeting of 1 September 2026
Last checked
Record code
PAI-1B49B607

Notes

Inside NoVA reported that Police Chief Peter Newsham told the Board of County Supervisors that the department operates 28 fixed Flock cameras and four mobile cameras across the county and audits licence plate reader hits every day, and that plate readers had helped solve eight of the county's 11 homicides so far in 2026; officials said criminal predicates are needed before a plate is entered into the system. The Inside NoVA pages carry no date; a second Inside NoVA report places the meeting on the same Tuesday as the Dumfries Town Council's vote to pause its own Flock rollout, which WJLA and the town's mayor date to 1 September 2026. FOX 5 DC reported on 18 August 2026 that 28 Flock cameras were operating across the county outside Dumfries. At the same meeting the board approved a memorandum of understanding for a three-month drone as first responder pilot, and Newsham said the drones would not use facial recognition or AI-driven software. The start date of the department's Flock use is not given in the sources.

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