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Blacksburg, by camera type.
Blacksburg: 25 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Roanoke 30, Richmond 156, Winchester 39 and Fairfax 39.
Speed cameras in Blacksburg
Blacksburg runs a speed camera program (running, as of Sep 2026), not yet on this map.
- School-zone speed cameras · Running (as of Sep 2026) Town of Blacksburg Police ↗
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 Blacksburg
None listed in Blacksburg. Nearest city program in Virginia: Richmond, about 154 mi from the city line (running, as of Aug 2026), not yet on this map.
License plate readers in Blacksburg
25 plate readers are on the map in Blacksburg, and 22 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. 24 of 25 say who runs them. Virginia Tech Police Department is tagged on 13.
First-mapped dates here run from Nov 19, 2024 to Aug 21, 2026. 18 of the 25 were first mapped in 2025, with 16 in July alone.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Blacksburg Police Department and Virginia Tech Police Department as agencies that use plate readers.
Who can search plate reads in Blacksburg
EyesOnFlock lists no transparency portal for the Blacksburg Police Department (Oct 14, 2026). It posts no sharing list, so who can search reads from its cameras is not stated. The sharing lists of 43 agencies name it, so it can search their reads.
Blacksburg Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- Not stated
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 43
No transparency portal listed, Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
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Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
Traffic cameras in Blacksburg
No traffic camera feed is listed for Blacksburg yet.
Camera tickets in Blacksburg
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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.
- Town of Blacksburg Police: school-zone speed camera program, running, as of Sep 2026
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, 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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