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.
Flock Safety licence plate readers elsewhere in United States
See them in the tracker| Deployment | Country | Supplier | Since | Status | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,000+ US law enforcement agenciesFlock Safety ALPR | United States | Flock Safety | 2018 | Operational | |
| Mountain View Police DepartmentFlock Safety ALPR | United StatesCalifornia | Flock Safety | 2024 | Discontinued | |
| Asheville Police DepartmentFlock Safety ALPR | United StatesNorth Carolina | Flock Safety | — | Discontinued | |
| Lynchburg Police DepartmentFlock Safety ALPR | United StatesVirginia | Flock Safety | — | Discontinued | |
| Sheboygan Police DepartmentFlock Safety ALPR | United StatesWisconsin | Flock Safety | — | Discontinued | |
| Excelsior Springs Police DepartmentFlock Safety ALPR | United StatesMissouri | Flock Safety | — | Discontinued | |
| Harrisonburg Police DepartmentFlock Safety ALPR | United StatesVirginia | Flock Safety | 2023 | Discontinued | |
| US Customs and Border ProtectionAccess to Flock Safety licence plate reader cameras (pilot) | United StatesNationwide | Flock Safety | 2025 | Discontinued | |
| Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ExplosivesAccess to Flock licence plate readers run by HIDTA partners | United StatesNationwide | Flock Safety | — | Operational | |
| Metropolitan Police Department (Washington, D.C.)Flock Safety licence plate readers | United StatesWashington, D.C. | Flock Safety | 2025 | Operational | |
| Fairfax County Police DepartmentFlock Safety licence plate readers | United StatesFairfax County, Virginia | Flock Safety | 2022 | Operational | |
| Richmond Police Department (Virginia)Flock Safety licence plate readers | United StatesRichmond, Virginia | Flock Safety | 2024 | Operational |