Flock & ALPR Cameras in Lea County, New Mexico
Volunteers have reported 73 automated license plate readers across Lea County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 27 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 25 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Lea County compares nationally
Lea County ranks #310 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 14.5% nationally. The count covers 73,154 residents and 8,846 miles of county roads — 6.5615 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Lea County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Lea County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Lea
- Man accused of destroying Flock cameras in New Mexico released from custody
- VIDEO: Canceled license plate leads to man's 10th DWI arrest in New Mexico
- Union urges Ruidoso to bar ICE from municipal facilities, remove 'Flock' cameras and release records
- License Plate Reader Alert Leads to Safe Recovery of Missing Child
What you can do in Lea
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.