Flock & ALPR Cameras in Ellis County, Texas
Volunteers have reported 100 automated license plate readers across Ellis County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 13 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 10 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 9 new license plate readers just reported around Kaufman, TX. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Kaufman
How Ellis County compares nationally
Ellis County ranks #812 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 203,927 residents and 2,308 miles of county roads — 3.7268 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Ellis 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 Ellis County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Ellis
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.