Flock & ALPR Cameras in Onalaska, Texas
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around Onalaska — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Onalaska in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 15:25 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Onalaska
The readers mapped around Onalaska break down as 7 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- United States Highway 190 — 2 readers
- US 190 — 2 readers
- Old Groveton Road — 1 reader
- Farm-to-Market Road 356 — 1 reader
- Scenic Loop — 1 reader
Onalaska TX PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Onalaska TX PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 17 other agencies.
Onalaska in the Polk County picture
Polk County has 26 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #508 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 23.7% nationally. That’s across 51,780 residents and 2,604 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 43.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 7 traffic.
What’s watching Onalaska
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 Onalaska — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Onalaska (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Onalaska
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 Onalaska
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).