Flock & ALPR Cameras in El Paso, Texas
Volunteers have reported 28 automated license plate readers in and around El Paso — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Paused
El Paso is on the record here. El Paso Police Chief Peter Pacillas said the department halted use of state-funded ALPR devices after Gov. Greg Abbott's order pausing state Flock funding. El Paso Matters reported September 3, 2026, that cameras remain installed and that the city may seek other funding to restart. Spokesman said the halt does not mean immediate take-down.
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On the agenda: El Paso City Council — Flock Safety (Oct 13)
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No new reports near El Paso in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 07:13 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in El Paso
The readers mapped around El Paso break down as 22 Flock Safety, 12 of unrecorded make, 3 Leonardo. Named operators in the reports: Customs and Border Protection. The first camera here was reported in Aug 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- North Mesa Street — 4 readers
- Texas Avenue — 3 readers
- Sunland Park Drive — 3 readers
- Scenic Drive — 2 readers
- South Mesa Hills Drive — 2 readers
- North Cotton Street — 2 readers
- Executive Center Boulevard — 2 readers
- Montana Avenue — 1 reader
- North Kansas Street — 1 reader
- North Laurel Street — 1 reader
- North Piedras Street — 1 reader
- South El Paso Street — 1 reader
+ 14 more streets and roads mapped around El Paso — all on the live map above.
El Paso TX PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, El Paso TX PD runs 150 cameras of its own, has logged 882 plate-database searches. Its network connects to 24 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
El Paso in the El Paso County picture
El Paso County has 170 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,391 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 866,275 residents and 3,261 road miles. By road density that is 0.05 cameras per road mile, in the top 11.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 35 traffic. Operators named on the record: Customs and Border Protection (3).
What’s watching El Paso
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 El Paso — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to El Paso (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around El Paso
- On the agenda: El Paso City Council — Flock Safety (Oct 13)
- On the agenda: El Paso City Council — Flock Safety (Sep 15)
- El Paso, TX: Paused
- Is it legal to drive in Texas with only one license plate?
What you can do in El Paso
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 El Paso
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).