Who runs license plate readers in Bexar County?
- Active Flock Safety plate readers
- Agency
- Bexar County Sheriff's Office
- Vendor
- Flock Safety
- Devices
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- Agency
- Bexar County Sheriff's Office
- Vendor
- Vigilant Solutions
- Devices
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| System | Agency | Vendor | Status | Devices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flock Safety plate readers | Bexar County Sheriff's Office | Flock Safety | Active | — |
| Vigilant LEARN plate reader data | Bexar County Sheriff's Office | Vigilant Solutions | Active | — |
On the map
- 0
- Verified by us
- 550
- Community-reported
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), including community reporting via the DeFlock project. Tiles by OpenFreeMap.
What we do not know
Bexar County Sheriff
- Under what agreement the Sheriff's Office runs its Flock cameras, who approved it, when, and at what cost.
- Where the 33 cameras are.
- Which agencies and organizations can search the office's cameras, and whose cameras the office can search.
- Whether anyone reviews the search audit trail the office keeps.
Bexar County Sheriff
- Whether the Sheriff's Office contributes reads from its own cameras to LEARN, or only searches data held by Vigilant and other agencies.
- How long plate reads are kept, and which agencies the office shares with through LEARN.
- Whether the subscription was renewed in 2024 and 2026, and at what price.
- Whether the office has a written policy for LEARN searches, and whether searches are audited.
What license plate readers are
An automated license plate reader photographs every passing vehicle and records the plate, the time and the place. It does not watch suspects. It logs everyone, and the record is usually kept on a vendor’s servers.
How they work, why agencies buy them, and every county we have documented →
What you can do
Civic action
Show up
This technology is bought and renewed by boards, councils and committees that meet in public. We have confirmed where each of them meets in Bexar County and how public comment works there.
How to show up in Bexar County →Personal protection
Protect yourself
Practical steps to shrink your personal data trail. Our guides publish at launch; until then, EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense is the best starting point.
Surveillance Self-Defense ↗