Flock & ALPR Cameras in Smithville, Texas
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Smithville — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Smithville in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:01 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Smithville
The readers mapped around Smithville break down as 2 Leonardo. Every report here dates to Nov 2025.
- TX 71 — 2 readers
Smithville in the Bastrop County picture
Bastrop County has 55 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #452 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 21.1% nationally. That’s across 102,370 residents and 2,640 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 28.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.
What’s watching Smithville
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 Smithville — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Smithville (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Smithville
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 Smithville
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).