Flock & ALPR Cameras in Dallas County, Texas
Volunteers have reported 1,699 automated license plate readers across Dallas County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 6 License plate reader newly reported
- Oct 5 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 12 new license plate readers just reported around Rockwall, TX. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Rockwall
📷 7 new license plate readers just reported around Richardson, TX. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Richardson
📷 9 new license plate readers just reported around Kaufman, TX. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Kaufman
How Dallas County compares nationally
Dallas County ranks #509 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 23.8% nationally. The count covers 2,603,816 residents and 6,164 miles of county roads — 5.0196 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Dallas 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 Dallas County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Dallas
- Texas State Capitol security tightens after attack plot foiled – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
- Dallas police chief to meet Flock Safety CEO on camera safeguards – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
- Plano police chief wants Flock cameras back after funding ends – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
- Plano disables 90+ Flock cameras after Abbott order cuts funding – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
What you can do in Dallas
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.