Flock & ALPR Cameras in Dallas, Texas
Volunteers have reported 199 automated license plate readers in and around Dallas — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Contract Canceled
Dallas is on the record here. Dallas Police announced September 1, 2026 that 321 Flock cameras supported by affected Texas state grant funding will be canceled effective September 15 after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state agencies to pause Flock funding. DPD said more than 300 other Flock cameras funded by the city or federal grants will keep operating. The City Council had approved a three-year, about $5.7 million Flock contract in May 2025, with nearly $1.7 million tied to Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority grant money.
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- Sep 30 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 23 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 16 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 16 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Dallas
The readers mapped around Dallas break down as 192 Flock Safety, 2 Axis Communications. Named operators in the reports: Dallas Police Department, Baylor University Nursing School. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- North Hall Street — 7 readers
- North Washington Avenue — 7 readers
- South Malcolm X Boulevard — 6 readers
- North Stemmons Freeway — 6 readers
- Gaston Avenue — 4 readers
- West 12th Street — 4 readers
- West Colorado Boulevard — 4 readers
- Worth Street — 4 readers
- Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard — 3 readers
- South Zang Boulevard — 3 readers
- Medical District Drive — 3 readers
- Columbia Avenue — 3 readers
+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around Dallas — all on the live map above.
Dallas TX PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Dallas TX PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 54 other agencies.
Dallas in the Dallas County picture
Dallas County has 1,307 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #509 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 23.8% nationally. That’s across 2,603,816 residents and 6,164 road miles. By road density that is 0.21 cameras per road mile, in the top 1.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 170 traffic. Operators named on the record: Dallas Police Department (7), Baylor University Nursing School (3).
Camera activity around Dallas, last 30 days
27 newly reported in our hourly change log for Dallas. Latest change logged Sep 7, 2026.
What’s watching Dallas
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 Dallas — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Dallas (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Dallas
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Dallas, TX
- Dallas Police Cut Flock Data Sharing From 1 , 500 Agencies To 202 In Texas
- Dallas police limit Flock camera sharing to 202 Texas agencies
- Dallas leaders continue debate over Flock cameras
What you can do in Dallas
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 Dallas
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).