Flock & ALPR Cameras in Ames, Texas
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Ames — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 4 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Ames, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside Ames itself.
The rest sit in Liberty (3), Devers (1).
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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No new reports near Ames in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 16:19 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Ames
The readers mapped around Ames break down as 4 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- US 90 — 2 readers
- Country Club Lane — 1 reader
- TX 61 — 1 reader
Ames in the Liberty County picture
Liberty County has 24 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,201 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 97,993 residents and 3,129 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 50.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 4 traffic.
What’s watching Ames
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 Ames — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Ames (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Ames
What you can do in Ames
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 Ames
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).