Flock & ALPR Cameras in Hidalgo, Texas
Volunteers have reported 7 automated license plate readers in and around Hidalgo — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 7 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Hidalgo, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 1 of them sits inside Hidalgo itself.
The rest sit in Pharr (3), McAllen (1), Mission (1).
3 of them name an operator in the record: Customs and Border Protection (3). The operator is who runs the camera, which is not always the local government.
1 camera has no municipality recorded yet.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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No new reports near Hidalgo in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 22:15 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Hidalgo
The readers mapped around Hidalgo break down as 3 of unrecorded make, 2 Genetec, 2 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Customs and Border Protection. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2026; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- South Cage Boulevard — 2 readers
- Anzalduas International Bridge — 1 reader
- International Boulevard — 1 reader
- Pharr — 1 reader
- South McColl Road — 1 reader
- East Dicker Road — 1 reader
Hidalgo in the Hidalgo County picture
Hidalgo County has 210 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,229 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 880,921 residents and 4,698 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 13.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 7 traffic. Operators named on the record: Customs and Border Protection (3).
What’s watching Hidalgo
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 Hidalgo — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Hidalgo (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Hidalgo
- Harris County Sheriff’s Office quotes ENOUGH $121,000 for Flock records as Hidalgo plans Oct. 15 meeting
- Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo calls for special meeting on Flock camera use
- Harris County paid Flock $1 . 3M since 2023 , Hidalgo has questions
- Hidalgo wants Harris County to re-evaluate Flock cameras, strengthen oversight
What you can do in Hidalgo
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 Hidalgo
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).