Flock & ALPR Cameras in Mesquite, Texas
Volunteers have reported 65 automated license plate readers in and around Mesquite — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 65 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Mesquite, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 51 of them sit inside Mesquite itself.
The rest sit in Dallas (14).
1 of them name an operator in the record: The Home Depot (1). The operator is who runs the camera, which is not always the local government.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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- Jul 27, 2026 On the agenda: Mesquite meeting — surveillance camera (Jul 27)
- Jun 22, 2026 On the agenda: Mesquite meeting — surveillance camera (Jun 22)
- Apr 20, 2026 On the agenda: Mesquite meeting — License Plate Reader (Apr 20)
- Apr 6, 2026 On the agenda: Mesquite meeting — License Plate Reader (Apr 6)
Every record for this area on the Docket → · nothing is ever deleted.
- Sep 27 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 21 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 21 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 21 Axis Communications camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Mesquite
The readers mapped around Mesquite break down as 59 Flock Safety, 1 Neology, Inc.. Named operators in the reports: The Home Depot. The first camera here was reported in May 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- US Highway 80 East — 8 readers
- Samuell Boulevard — 5 readers
- East Emporium Circle — 3 readers
- John West Road — 3 readers
- North Town East Boulevard — 3 readers
- Towne Centre Drive — 3 readers
- East Cartwright Road — 3 readers
- Clay Mathis Road — 2 readers
- South Belt Line Road — 2 readers
- Gross Road — 2 readers
- Motley Drive — 2 readers
- Saint Francis Avenue — 2 readers
+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around Mesquite — all on the live map above.
Mesquite TX PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Mesquite TX PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 48 other agencies.
Mesquite in the Dallas County picture
Dallas County has 1,307 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #509 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 23.8% nationally. That’s across 2,603,816 residents and 6,164 road miles. By road density that is 0.21 cameras per road mile, in the top 1.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 51 traffic, 1 residential, 1 parking. Operators named on the record: The Home Depot (1).
Camera activity around Mesquite, last 30 days
1 newly reported, 1 removed in our hourly change log for Mesquite. Latest change logged Aug 19, 2026.
What’s watching Mesquite
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 Mesquite — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Mesquite (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Mesquite
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Mesquite, TX
- On the agenda: Mesquite meeting — License Plate Reader (Apr 20)
- On the agenda: Mesquite meeting — License Plate Reader (Apr 6)
What you can do in Mesquite
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 Mesquite
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).