Verified ALPR — vendor unconfirmed
Rusk is watched — we just can't confirm by whom.
Our records document automated license plate reader use in Rusk, Texas recorded for Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, but they do not establish Flock Safety as the vendor.
Agency
Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office
Agency type
Sheriff
Jurisdiction
County
County
Cherokee County
State
Texas (TX)
Vendor
No verified record currently in our database
The Texas Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority gave the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office a grant to purchase automated license plate readers in 2022.
Sources · record AOS011141
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.
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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.
Other Texas communities with a record in our database — nearest by county first. Absence from this list is not evidence of absence.
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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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