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Cameras in Chesapeake, VA
91 mapped plate readers, a speed camera program and a red light camera program in Chesapeake.
Plate readers © OpenStreetMap contributors · © OpenMapTiles
Chesapeake, by camera type.
Chesapeake: 91 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Portsmouth 141, Norfolk 248, Virginia Beach 251 and Suffolk 147.
Speed cameras in Chesapeake
Chesapeake runs a speed camera program (running, checked Oct 23, 2026), not yet on this map.
1 speed or red light camera is on the map, counted apart from official lists.
- School-zone speed cameras · Running (checked Oct 23, 2026) City of Chesapeake ↗ · current status not dated
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 Chesapeake
Chesapeake runs a red light camera program (running, as of Sep 2026), not yet on this map.
- Red light cameras · Running (as of Sep 2026) Chesapeake 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).
License plate readers in Chesapeake
91 plate readers are on the map in Chesapeake, and 90 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them. Chesapeake Police Department is tagged on 36.
First-mapped dates here run from Nov 15, 2024 to Oct 22, 2026. 57 of the 91 were first mapped in 2025, with 29 in June alone.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Chesapeake Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Who can search plate reads in Chesapeake
The Chesapeake Police Department’s transparency portal does not list who can search its plate reads (Oct 13, 2026). Its portal says it keeps each read for 21 days.
Chesapeake Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- 21 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 67
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 154
Its transparency portal, as of Oct 13, 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 Chesapeake
No traffic camera feed is listed for Chesapeake yet.
Camera tickets in Chesapeake
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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 Chesapeake: school-zone speed camera program, running, checked Oct 23, 2026
- Chesapeake Police: red light camera program, running, as of Sep 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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