Flock & ALPR Cameras in Longview, Texas
Volunteers have reported 21 automated license plate readers in and around Longview — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 2 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 27 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 26 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 26 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 89 new license plate readers just reported around Longview, TX. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Longview
📷 11 new license plate readers just reported around Longview, TX. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Longview
Where the cameras are in Longview
The readers mapped around Longview break down as 8 Flock Safety, 1 Motorola Solutions. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- North Fourth Street — 4 readers
- I 20;US 259 — 1 reader
- North Eastman Road — 1 reader
- Kodak Boulevard — 1 reader
- US 259 — 1 reader
- Callahan Road — 1 reader
Longview in the Gregg County picture
Gregg County has 8 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,925 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 124,860 residents and 1,576 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 59.9% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 9 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (3).
Camera activity around Longview, last 30 days
113 newly reported, 113 removed in our hourly change log for Longview. Latest change logged Aug 25, 2026.
What’s watching Longview
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 Longview — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Longview (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Longview
- 9 new license plate readers reported around Longview, TX
- 3 license plate readers reported removed near Longview, TX
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Longview, TX
- 105 license plate readers reported removed near Longview, TX
What you can do in Longview
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.
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Cameras near Longview
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).