Flock & ALPR Cameras in Southmayd, Texas
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Southmayd — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Southmayd in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 13:26 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Southmayd
The readers mapped around Southmayd break down as 3 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Feb 2026; the most recent in May 2026.
- Apache Trail — 1 reader
- State Highway 289 — 1 reader
- Southmayd Road — 1 reader
Southmayd TX PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Southmayd TX PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 38 other agencies.
Southmayd in the Grayson County picture
Grayson County has 33 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,234 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 139,988 residents and 2,490 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 37.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic.
What’s watching Southmayd
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 Southmayd — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Southmayd (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Southmayd
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 Southmayd
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).