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Cameras in Newport News, VA
130 mapped plate readers and a red light camera program in Newport News.
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Newport News, by camera type.
Newport News: 130 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Hampton 159, Williamsburg 42, Norfolk 248 and Portsmouth 141.
Speed cameras in Newport News
None listed in Newport News. Neighboring Hampton runs one (running, as of Jan 2025), not yet on this map.
Red light cameras in Newport News
Newport News runs a red light camera program (running, checked Oct 23, 2026), not yet on this map.
- Red light cameras · Running (checked Oct 23, 2026) Newport News Police ↗ · 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).
License plate readers in Newport News
130 plate readers are on the map in Newport News, and 109 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. 97 of 130 say who runs them. Newport News Police Department is tagged on 93.
First-mapped dates here run from Nov 17, 2024 to Oct 18, 2026. 75 of the 130 were first mapped in 2024, with 72 in November alone.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Newport News Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Who can search plate reads in Newport News
The Newport News 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.
Newport News Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- 21 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 153
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 83
Its transparency portal, as of Oct 13, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Get one summary email a month on new plate readers in Newport News
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
Traffic cameras in Newport News
No traffic camera feed is listed for Newport News yet.
Camera tickets in Newport News
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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.
- Newport News Police: red light camera program, running, checked Oct 23, 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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