Flock & ALPR Cameras in Hale Center, Texas
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Hale Center — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Hale Center in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 24, 13:01 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Hale Center
The readers mapped around Hale Center break down as 2 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Marshall Formby Memorial Highway — 1 reader
- East 5th Street — 1 reader
Hale Center in the Hale County picture
Hale County has 3 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,800 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 32,247 residents and 2,112 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 85.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.
Camera activity around Hale Center, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Hale Center. Latest change logged Sep 1, 2026.
What’s watching Hale Center
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 Hale Center — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Hale Center (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Hale Center
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 Hale Center
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).