Flock & ALPR Cameras in Smith County, Texas
Volunteers have reported 128 automated license plate readers across Smith County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 27 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 27 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 27 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 27 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 22 new license plate readers just reported around Tyler, TX. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Tyler
How Smith County compares nationally
Smith County ranks #1,000 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 238,014 residents and 2,629 miles of county roads — 3.067 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Smith 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 Smith County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Smith
What you can do in Smith
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.