Flock & ALPR Cameras in Rains County, Texas
Volunteers have reported 14 automated license plate readers across Rains County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 8 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 28 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 28 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 9 new license plate readers just reported around Kaufman, TX. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Kaufman
How Rains County compares nationally
Rains County ranks #190 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 8.8% nationally. The count covers 12,505 residents and 548 miles of county roads — 7.9968 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Rains 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 Rains County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Rains
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.