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Cameras in Suffolk, VA
147 mapped plate readers, a speed camera program and a red light camera program in Suffolk.
Plate readers © OpenStreetMap contributors · © OpenMapTiles
Suffolk, by camera type.
Suffolk: 147 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Portsmouth 141, Chesapeake 91, Norfolk 248 and Hampton 159.
Speed cameras in Suffolk
Suffolk runs a speed camera program (running, checked Oct 23, 2026), not yet on this map.
- School-zone speed cameras · Running (checked Oct 23, 2026) City of Suffolk ↗ · 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 Suffolk
Suffolk runs a red light camera program (running, checked Oct 23, 2026), not yet on this map.
- Red light cameras · Running (checked Oct 23, 2026) City of Suffolk ↗ · 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 Suffolk
147 plate readers are on the map in Suffolk, and 147 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them. Suffolk Police Department is tagged on 48.
First-mapped dates here run from Dec 10, 2024 to Nov 2, 2026. 54 of the 147 were first mapped in 2026, with 14 in July alone.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Suffolk Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Who can search plate reads in Suffolk
140 agencies can search reads from the Suffolk Police Department’s plate readers, by its posted sharing list (Oct 14, 2026). Its portal says it keeps each read for 21 days.
Suffolk Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- 140
- Other organizations on its list
- 1
- Keeps each read for
- 21 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 267
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 86
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 Suffolk
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
Traffic cameras in Suffolk
No traffic camera feed is listed for Suffolk yet.
Camera tickets in Suffolk
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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 Suffolk: school-zone speed 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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