Case Study: Fairfax County Police Department achieves dramatically faster ALPR case resolutions and recoveries with Axon

How The Axon Ecosystem Powered Efficiency At Fairfax County Police Department

Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD), a 1,500‑officer agency serving Virginia’s busiest county, faced a high volume of vehicle‑related cases across major thoroughfares but was getting limited value from a small ALPR deployment (fewer than 10 ALPR cases per year). Seeking consistent, high‑quality plate reads, FCPD turned to Axon and its partner Flock to build an integrated ALPR network using Axon Fleet 3 mobile ALPR, Flock Safety fixed cameras, and Axon Evidence for case management.

Axon helped implement a combined Fleet 3 and Flock camera network with deep search integrations and streamlined evidence flows into Axon Evidence, dramatically accelerating investigations. Since deployment at the end of 2022, FCPD logged 384 ALPR‑involved cases (vs. <10 previously), recovered 134 stolen vehicles (≈$2.25M), located 19 missing persons, recovered 23 guns, arrested 222 people with 724 charges (480 felonies), and reclaimed about $100K in stolen property — all enabled by the Axon ecosystem.

Fairfax County Police Department

Hudson Bull

Lieutenant