Flock & ALPR Cameras in Taylor, Texas
Volunteers have reported 12 automated license plate readers in and around Taylor — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Taylor in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 16:19 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Taylor
The readers mapped around Taylor break down as 12 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: City of Taylor, TX. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Jun 2026.
- TX 95 — 4 readers
- West 2nd Street — 3 readers
- US 79 — 3 readers
- South Main Street — 1 reader
- County Road 395 — 1 reader
Taylor TX PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Taylor TX PD runs 8 cameras of its own, has logged 4 plate-database searches, has captured 190,824 vehicle records. Its network connects to 193 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Addison TX PD, Aldine ISD PD TX, Alvarado TX PD, Alvin TX PD, Angleton PD TX, Anna TX PD, Aransas Pass TX PD, Aubrey TX PD.
Taylor in the Williamson County picture
Williamson County has 242 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #802 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 643,889 residents and 3,381 road miles. By road density that is 0.07 cameras per road mile, in the top 7.9% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 7 street, 5 traffic. Operators named on the record: City of Taylor, TX (8).
What’s watching Taylor
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 Taylor — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Taylor (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Taylor
- On the agenda: Taylor City Council Meeting — Flock Safety (Sep 24)
- 4 new license plate readers reported around Taylor Lake Village, TX
What you can do in Taylor
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 Taylor
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).