Flock & ALPR Cameras in Hood County, Texas
Volunteers have reported 31 automated license plate readers across Hood County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 17 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 17 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 15 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 15 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Hood County compares nationally
Hood County ranks #593 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 64,198 residents and 1,645 miles of county roads — 4.673 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Hood 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 Hood County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Hood
- Texas City Police Lock Down License Plate Reader Access After Two Misuse Cases
- Mountain lion sighted in San Francisco's Panhandle neighborhood
- Hood County ends Flock camera contract as Texas surveillance debate grows
- Hood County Expected To Remove Three Flock Cameras
What you can do in Hood
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.