Flock & ALPR Cameras in Willis, Texas
Volunteers have reported 9 automated license plate readers in and around Willis — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Paused
Willis is on the record here. Willis Mayor William Brown announced September 8, 2026 that the city shut off its Flock system until further notice while City Council reviews whether it should return. Click2Houston reported the announcement stops short of a permanent cancel.
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No new reports near Willis in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 22:59 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Willis
The readers mapped around Willis break down as 7 Flock Safety, 1 of unrecorded make, 1 Motorola Solutions. Named operators in the reports: Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Mar 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- North State Highway 75 — 1 reader
- Interstate 45 North Frontage Road — 1 reader
- FM 1097 West — 1 reader
- FM 2432 — 1 reader
- County Line Road — 1 reader
- West Martin Luther King Boulevard — 1 reader
- Calvary Road — 1 reader
- Texas National Boulevard — 1 reader
- FM 1097 — 1 reader
Willis TX PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Willis TX PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 20 other agencies.
Willis in the Montgomery County picture
Montgomery County has 273 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #686 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 654,722 residents and 3,757 road miles. By road density that is 0.07 cameras per road mile, in the top 7.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 6 traffic, 1 street. Operators named on the record: Flock Safety (1).
What’s watching Willis
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 Willis — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Willis (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Willis
- Willis HS to install metal detectors after second gun found on campus this school year; parents demand action
- Flock cameras: City of Willis announces they've discontinued, shut off cameras
- Willis shuts off Flock cameras until further notice amid resident concerns
- City of Willis shuts down Flock system until further notice, city leaders announce
What you can do in Willis
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 Willis
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).