Flock & ALPR Cameras in Tyler, Texas
Volunteers have reported 76 automated license plate readers in and around Tyler — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 76 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Tyler, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 71 of them sit inside Tyler itself.
The rest sit in New Chapel Hill (1).
14 of them name an operator in the record: UTTyler (8), FCIC (5), Tyler PD (1). The operator is who runs the camera, which is not always the local government.
4 cameras have no municipality recorded yet.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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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
Where the cameras are in Tyler
The readers mapped around Tyler break down as 47 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: UTTyler. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- South Broadway Avenue — 4 readers
- Donnybrook Avenue — 3 readers
- Old Glory Parkway — 3 readers
- East Erwin Street — 2 readers
- Varsity Drive — 2 readers
- TX 31 — 2 readers
- North Palace Avenue — 2 readers
- South Vine Avenue — 2 readers
- Liberty Lane — 1 reader
- East Ferguson Street — 1 reader
- Van Highway — 1 reader
- TX 64 — 1 reader
+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around Tyler — all on the live map above.
Tyler TX PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Tyler TX PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 42 other agencies.
Tyler in the Smith County picture
Smith County has 73 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,000 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 238,014 residents and 2,629 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 22.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 36 traffic, 5 entrance, 2 street. Operators named on the record: UTTyler (8).
Camera activity around Tyler, last 30 days
4 newly reported, 2 removed in our hourly change log for Tyler. Latest change logged Sep 5, 2026.
What’s watching Tyler
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 Tyler — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Tyler (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Tyler
- 6 new license plate readers reported around Tyler, TX
- 22 new license plate readers reported around Tyler, TX
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Tyler, TX
- Safety and Security: Get the Flock out of here - Tyler County Booster
What you can do in Tyler
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 Tyler
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).