Flock & ALPR Cameras in Rio Grande City, Texas
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Rio Grande City — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Rio Grande City in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 01:56 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Rio Grande City
The readers mapped around Rio Grande City break down as 4 Flock Safety, 1 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: Customs and Border Protection. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2026; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway — 3 readers
- Pete Diaz Avenue — 1 reader
- Farm-to-Market Road 3167 — 1 reader
Rio Grande City in the Starr County picture
Starr County has 6 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,807 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 65,809 residents and 3,118 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 80.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic. Operators named on the record: Customs and Border Protection (1).
Camera activity around Rio Grande City, last 30 days
6 newly reported, 3 removed in our hourly change log for Rio Grande City. Latest change logged Sep 6, 2026.
What’s watching Rio Grande City
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 Rio Grande City — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Rio Grande City (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Rio Grande City
- 3 license plate readers reported removed near Rio Grande City, TX
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Rio Grande City, TX
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Rio Grande City, TX
- LUPE pushes back against Rio Grande City Flock camera deal
What you can do in Rio Grande City
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 Rio Grande City
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).