McKinney approved Flock cameras on TxDOT right of way in January 2025. Ask if your city has one.

Our Take

Flock Clocker's catch here is small on its face but big in implication: McKinney, Texas didn't just put up cameras on city streets, it got sign-off to place them on Texas Department of Transportation right of way. That's a state highway easement, not a city block, and it hints at how these deployments can expand past municipal boundaries almost invisibly, piggybacking on state infrastructure where local oversight and public notice tend to be thinner.

This is exactly the kind of paperwork trail that matters in the fight against mass surveillance. Once a camera network can ride state right-of-way, the jurisdictional patchwork that normally lets neighboring towns opt out starts to erode, and drivers get logged across a much wider stretch of road than any single city council vote would suggest. Credit to the creator for digging through the approval record instead of just pointing a camera at a pole.

If you live anywhere near McKinney, or just want to know what's watching your own commute, check our camera map for documented locations, and head to our take-action page if you want to push back on a deployment near you.