Flock & ALPR Cameras in Temple, Texas
Volunteers have reported 141 automated license plate readers in and around Temple — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 5 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 5 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 12 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 11 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 20 new license plate readers just reported around Temple, TX. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Temple
Where the cameras are in Temple
The readers mapped around Temple break down as 137 Flock Safety, 1 of unrecorded make. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2024; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- South 31st Street — 10 readers
- Scott and White Boulevard — 8 readers
- West Avenue R — 6 readers
- Scott & White West Loop — 6 readers
- Northeast H K Dodgen Loop — 5 readers
- Southwest H K Dodgen Loop — 5 readers
- Scott & White South Loop — 5 readers
- Cottonwood Lane — 5 readers
- South 5th Street — 4 readers
- West Adams Avenue — 4 readers
- South General Bruce Drive — 4 readers
- Scott Boulevard — 4 readers
+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around Temple — all on the live map above.
Temple TX PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Temple TX PD runs 73 cameras of its own, has logged 665 plate-database searches, has captured 475,175 vehicle records. Its network connects to 1,073 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: 1st Judicial District, 47th District Attorney's Office TX, Abilene TX PD, Ada County ID SO, Ada OK PD, Adairville KY PD, Adams County WA SO, Addison TX PD.
Temple in the Bell County picture
Bell County has 176 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #602 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 379,811 residents and 2,876 road miles. By road density that is 0.06 cameras per road mile, in the top 9.9% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 104 traffic, 2 entrance.
Camera activity around Temple, last 30 days
38 newly reported in our hourly change log for Temple. Latest change logged Sep 11, 2026.
What’s watching Temple
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 Temple — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Temple (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Temple
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Temple, TX
- Flock surveillance camera network grows in Temple as Texas funding faces scrutiny over privacy, misuse
- 20 new license plate readers reported around Temple, TX
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Temple, TX
What you can do in Temple
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 Temple
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).