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Cameras in Alexandria, VA
74 mapped plate readers, a speed camera program and a red light camera program in Alexandria.
Plate readers © OpenStreetMap contributors · © OpenMapTiles
Alexandria, by camera type.
Alexandria: 74 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Fairfax 39, Winchester 39, Richmond 156 and Williamsburg 42.
Speed cameras in Alexandria
Alexandria runs a speed camera program (running, as of Sep 2025), not yet on this map.
7 speed or red light cameras are on the map, counted apart from official lists.
- School-zone speed cameras · Running (as of Sep 2025) City of Alexandria ↗
The law, in short:
Va. Code § 15.2-968.1 (red light, citation not yet confirmed), § 46.2-882.1 (speed: school crossing zones, work zones, high-risk intersection segments, PD8 safety red zones).
Red light cameras in Alexandria
Alexandria runs a red light camera program (running, as of Oct 2026), not yet on this map.
- Red light cameras · Running (as of Oct 2026) City of Alexandria Police, License Plate Reader Dashboard and Response to City Council Questions ↗
The law, in short:
Va. Code § 15.2-968.1 (red light, citation not yet confirmed), § 46.2-882.1 (speed: school crossing zones, work zones, high-risk intersection segments, PD8 safety red zones).
License plate readers in Alexandria
74 plate readers are on the map in Alexandria, and 72 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
First-mapped dates here run from Mar 24, 2025 to Sep 7, 2026. 40 of the 74 were first mapped in 2026, with 11 in February alone.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Alexandria Police Department and Alexandria Sheriff's Office as agencies that use plate readers.
Who can search plate reads in Alexandria
134 agencies can search reads from the Alexandria Police Department’s plate readers, by its posted sharing list (Oct 14, 2026). Its portal says it keeps each read for 21 days.
Alexandria Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- 134
- Other organizations on its list
- 1
- Keeps each read for
- 21 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 61
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 54
Its transparency portal, as of Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Get one summary email a month on new plate readers in Alexandria
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
Traffic cameras in Alexandria
No traffic camera feed is listed for Alexandria yet.
Camera tickets in Alexandria
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Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- City of Alexandria: school-zone speed camera program, running, as of Sep 2025
- City of Alexandria Police, License Plate Reader Dashboard and Response to City Council Questions: red light camera program, running, as of Oct 2026
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, speed and red light cameras, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
- US Census Bureau: city boundary (cartographic file 2025)
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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