Flock & ALPR Cameras in Wheeler County, Texas
Volunteers have reported 15 automated license plate readers across Wheeler County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 4 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Wheeler County compares nationally
Wheeler County ranks #13 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 0.6% nationally. The count covers 4,902 residents and 2,148 miles of county roads — 28.5598 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Wheeler 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 Wheeler County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Wheeler
- Mayor Wheeler says city won't pursue gunshot detection technology for now
- Following Public Scrutiny, Mayor Wheeler Pivots to Competitive Process for Gunshot Detection Pilot Program
- Pamplin Media Group - Wheeler to recommend ShotSpotter tech to City Council
- Wheeler Moves Forward with Controversial Gunshot Detection Technology
What you can do in Wheeler
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.