Flock & ALPR Cameras in San Marcos, Texas
Volunteers have reported 16 automated license plate readers in and around San Marcos — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Contract Canceled
San Marcos is on the record here. The San Marcos City Council voted to end their contract with Flock Safety after considering Flock's reputation and the research that surveillance does not equal safety.
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- Jun 15, 2026 On the agenda: San Marcos meeting — License Plate Recognition (Jun 15)
- May 18, 2026 On the agenda: San Marcos meeting — License Plate Recognition (May 18)
- Feb 23, 2026 On the agenda: San Marcos meeting — License Plate Recognition (Feb 23)
- Jan 6, 2026 On the agenda: San Marcos meeting — License Plate Reader (Jan 6)
Every record for this area on the Docket → · nothing is ever deleted.
No new reports near San Marcos in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 22:16 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in San Marcos
The readers mapped around San Marcos break down as 12 Flock Safety, 4 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: San Marcos, Simon Property Group, Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Mar 2024; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- East Wonder World Drive — 4 readers
- South Interstate 35 — 2 readers
- Purple Heart Trail — 2 readers
- McKinley Place Drive — 2 readers
- State Highway 80 — 2 readers
- Post Road — 2 readers
- Ranch Road 12 — 1 reader
- Aiken Drive — 1 reader
San Marcos TX PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, San Marcos TX PD runs 3 cameras of its own. Its network connects to 11 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
San Marcos in the Hays County picture
Hays County has 106 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #696 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 256,429 residents and 1,749 road miles. By road density that is 0.06 cameras per road mile, in the top 10.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 14 traffic. Operators named on the record: San Marcos (4), Simon Property Group (2), Flock Safety (2).
What’s watching San Marcos
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 San Marcos — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to San Marcos (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around San Marcos
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near San Marcos, TX
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near San Marcos, TX
- On the agenda: San Marcos meeting — License Plate Recognition (Jun 15)
- On the agenda: San Marcos meeting — License Plate Recognition (May 18)
What you can do in San Marcos
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 San Marcos
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).