Flock & ALPR Cameras in Ward County, Texas
Volunteers have reported 23 automated license plate readers across Ward County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 17 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Ward County compares nationally
Ward County ranks #90 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 4.2% nationally. The count covers 11,255 residents and 1,001 miles of county roads — 10.6619 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Ward County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Ward County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Ward
- Laredo’s Flock camera debate heads toward possible ballot vote
- Texas man who killed 3 in 2005 burglary executed after warden asks him for last words
- License plate readers help Texas deputies find abducted 12-year-old headed toward Mexico in 16 minutes
- Some on the Denver City Council upset after Mayor Mike Johnston moves forward with controversial Flock cameras
What you can do in Ward
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.