Flock & ALPR Cameras in Abilene, Texas
Volunteers have reported 36 automated license plate readers in and around Abilene — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 26 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 26 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 26 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 26 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Abilene
The readers mapped around Abilene break down as 31 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Abilene Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Aug 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- Buffalo Gap Road — 3 readers
- Barrow Street — 2 readers
- Enterprise Drive — 2 readers
- North Judge Ely Boulevard — 2 readers
- Ridgemont Drive — 2 readers
- Yeomans Road — 2 readers
- Ambler Avenue — 2 readers
- Musgrave Boulevard — 1 reader
- Antilley Road — 1 reader
- Highway 351 — 1 reader
- North 10th Street — 1 reader
- Jones County — 1 reader
+ 11 more streets and roads mapped around Abilene — all on the live map above.
Abilene TX PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Abilene TX PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 37 other agencies.
Abilene in the Taylor County picture
Taylor County has 25 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,485 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 144,259 residents and 2,148 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 40% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 25 traffic. Operators named on the record: Abilene Police Department (2).
Camera activity around Abilene, last 30 days
2 newly reported in our hourly change log for Abilene. Latest change logged Sep 3, 2026.
What’s watching Abilene
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Abilene — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Abilene (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Abilene
- 4 new license plate readers reported around Abilene, TX
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Abilene, TX
- APD Provides Facts Regarding FLOCK Safety License Plate Reader Technology
- What Lubbock Flock Cameras Really Track On Local Roads
What you can do in Abilene
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Abilene
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).