Verified Flock
Yep. Houston is flocked.
Yes. Public records in our database document Flock Safety automated license plate readers in Houston, Texas recorded for Memorial Villages Police Department, University of Houston Parking and Transporation Services, Harris County Sheriff's Office, Houston Police Department, Rice University Police Department, Galena Park ISD Security Department, University of Houston Downtown Police Department and Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District Police Department. Separately, 2,373 individual ALPR camera locations mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors fall inside the municipal boundary, 2,278 of them source-tagged Flock Safety.
Agency
Memorial Villages Police Department
Agency type
Police
Jurisdiction
Municipal
County
Harris County
State
Texas (TX)
Vendor
Flock Safety
The Memorial Village Police Department has installed Flock automated license plate readers as part of its "Virtual Gateway" program.
Verified deployment detail
No primary sources on file yet
Cameras / readers
Not publicly verified
Contract price
Not publicly verified
Contract start
Not publicly verified
Contract end
Not publicly verified
Data retention
Not publicly verified
Data sharing documented
Not publicly verified
Date approved
Not publicly verified
ALPR policy
Not publicly verified
Contract / public record
Not publicly verified
Flock transparency portal
Not publicly verified
Every value above is transcribed from the linked document. Nothing is estimated or inferred, and claims circulating on social media are never published here. “Not publicly verified” means we have not found a reliable primary or reported source — never that the thing does not exist.
Sources · record AOS007046
Agency
University of Houston Parking and Transporation Services
Agency type
Parking Enforcement
Jurisdiction
University
County
Harris County
State
Texas (TX)
Vendor
No verified record currently in our database
University of Houston Parking and Transporation Services implemented automated license plate readers in 2018.
Sources · record AOS007856
Agency
Harris County Sheriff's Office
Agency type
Sheriff
Jurisdiction
County
County
Harris County
State
Texas (TX)
Vendor
Flock Safety
The Harris County Sheriff's Office uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Verified deployment detail
No primary sources on file yet
Cameras / readers
Not publicly verified
Contract price
Not publicly verified
Contract start
Not publicly verified
Contract end
Not publicly verified
Data retention
Not publicly verified
Data sharing documented
Not publicly verified
Date approved
Not publicly verified
ALPR policy
Not publicly verified
Contract / public record
Not publicly verified
Flock transparency portal
Not publicly verified
Every value above is transcribed from the linked document. Nothing is estimated or inferred, and claims circulating on social media are never published here. “Not publicly verified” means we have not found a reliable primary or reported source — never that the thing does not exist.
Sources · record AOS015507
Agency
Houston Police Department
Agency type
Police
Jurisdiction
Municipal
County
Harris County
State
Texas (TX)
Vendor
Flock Safety
The Houston Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Verified deployment detail
No primary sources on file yet
Cameras / readers
Not publicly verified
Contract price
Not publicly verified
Contract start
Not publicly verified
Contract end
Not publicly verified
Data retention
Not publicly verified
Data sharing documented
Not publicly verified
Date approved
Not publicly verified
ALPR policy
Not publicly verified
Contract / public record
Not publicly verified
Flock transparency portal
Not publicly verified
Every value above is transcribed from the linked document. Nothing is estimated or inferred, and claims circulating on social media are never published here. “Not publicly verified” means we have not found a reliable primary or reported source — never that the thing does not exist.
Sources · record AOS015508
Agency
Rice University Police Department
Agency type
Police
Jurisdiction
University
County
Harris County
State
Texas (TX)
Vendor
Flock Safety
The Rice University Police Department has installed 17 Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Verified deployment detail
No primary sources on file yet
Cameras / readers
Not publicly verified
Contract price
Not publicly verified
Contract start
Not publicly verified
Contract end
Not publicly verified
Data retention
Not publicly verified
Data sharing documented
Not publicly verified
Date approved
Not publicly verified
ALPR policy
Not publicly verified
Contract / public record
Not publicly verified
Flock transparency portal
Not publicly verified
Every value above is transcribed from the linked document. Nothing is estimated or inferred, and claims circulating on social media are never published here. “Not publicly verified” means we have not found a reliable primary or reported source — never that the thing does not exist.
Sources · record AOS015840
Agency
Galena Park ISD Security Department
Agency type
Police
Jurisdiction
School District
County
Harris County
State
Texas (TX)
Vendor
Flock Safety
The Galena Park ISD Security Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Verified deployment detail
No primary sources on file yet
Cameras / readers
Not publicly verified
Contract price
Not publicly verified
Contract start
Not publicly verified
Contract end
Not publicly verified
Data retention
Not publicly verified
Data sharing documented
Not publicly verified
Date approved
Not publicly verified
ALPR policy
Not publicly verified
Contract / public record
Not publicly verified
Flock transparency portal
Not publicly verified
Every value above is transcribed from the linked document. Nothing is estimated or inferred, and claims circulating on social media are never published here. “Not publicly verified” means we have not found a reliable primary or reported source — never that the thing does not exist.
Sources · record AOS015884
Agency
University of Houston Downtown Police Department
Agency type
Police
Jurisdiction
University
County
Harris County
State
Texas (TX)
Vendor
Flock Safety
The University of Houston Downtown Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Verified deployment detail
No primary sources on file yet
Cameras / readers
Not publicly verified
Contract price
Not publicly verified
Contract start
Not publicly verified
Contract end
Not publicly verified
Data retention
Not publicly verified
Data sharing documented
Not publicly verified
Date approved
Not publicly verified
ALPR policy
Not publicly verified
Contract / public record
Not publicly verified
Flock transparency portal
Not publicly verified
Every value above is transcribed from the linked document. Nothing is estimated or inferred, and claims circulating on social media are never published here. “Not publicly verified” means we have not found a reliable primary or reported source — never that the thing does not exist.
Sources · record AOS015885
Agency
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District Police Department
Agency type
Police
Jurisdiction
School District
County
Harris County
State
Texas (TX)
Vendor
Flock Safety
The Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District Police Department operates six Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Verified deployment detail
No primary sources on file yet
Cameras / readers
Not publicly verified
Contract price
Not publicly verified
Contract start
Not publicly verified
Contract end
Not publicly verified
Data retention
Not publicly verified
Data sharing documented
Not publicly verified
Date approved
Not publicly verified
ALPR policy
Not publicly verified
Contract / public record
Not publicly verified
Flock transparency portal
Not publicly verified
Every value above is transcribed from the linked document. Nothing is estimated or inferred, and claims circulating on social media are never published here. “Not publicly verified” means we have not found a reliable primary or reported source — never that the thing does not exist.
Sources · record AOS017800
These entries document that an agency has been reported to use ALPR technology. They do not establish camera counts, exact locations, cost, retention periods or sharing policies unless the linked source says so.
Contracts, council minutes and records responses are the fastest way to fill in the blanks. Send us what you've found.
Everything on this page traces back to the records below. Where a record carries no linked document, we say so instead of filling the gap.
Deployment records come from the EFF Atlas of Surveillance ↗. Database last updated 2026-08-07.
2,373 mapped camera points inside the Houston boundary, from OpenStreetMap contributors via the DeFlock ↗ dataset (ODbL). Each point links to its own OpenStreetMap record in the camera list on this page.
Camera points are matched to this municipality by point-in-polygon containment against US Census Bureau cartographic boundaries (2023) — the coordinate falls inside the municipal boundary. Containment is a statement about location only, never about ownership, operation, purchase or deployment.
Other Texas communities with a record in our database — nearest by county first. Absence from this list is not evidence of absence.
Community Impact reports that the Leander City Council voted to discontinue funding the city's Flock contract after residents packed the Sept. 3 meeting in opposition.
Community ImpactSep 4, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
Texas Scorecard reports that the Manor Police Department ended its relationship with Flock Safety while the Leander City Council voted unanimously to freeze use of its cameras.
Texas ScorecardSep 4, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
City staff began physically covering Pflugerville's 28 Flock cameras before a council meeting at which members declined to approve a new agreement with the company. According to the reporting, a public records request showed accounts outside the agencies the city believed were authorized had access to its system.
Austin American-StatesmanAug 26, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
CBS Austin reports the city disabled its Flock system hours before the council meeting after records showed hundreds of outside accounts with access. City officials quoted in the story say they did not know the scope of sharing until the records came back.
CBS AustinAug 25, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
Camera counts, contract prices, retention and sharing policies are shown only where we found a primary source. Where they're missing, the information is not publicly verified — see the Flock Files for the documents we do have.
Data attribution
Portions of the surveillance deployment data on this site come from the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Atlas of Surveillance. atlasofsurveillance.org ↗ Are You Flocked? is independent and is not affiliated with the EFF or Flock Safety. Database last updated 2026-08-07.
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