Who runs license plate readers in Travis County?
- Active County plate reader contract
- Agency
- Travis County Sheriff's Office
- Vendor
- Motorola Solutions
- Devices
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- Agency
- Travis County Sheriff's Office
- Vendor
- Flock Safety
- Devices
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| System | Agency | Vendor | Status | Devices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County plate reader contract | Travis County Sheriff's Office | Motorola Solutions | Active | — |
| Flock cameras in county right of way, refused | Travis County Sheriff's Office | Flock Safety | Rejected | — |
On the map
- 0
- Verified by us
- 492
- Community-reported
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What we do not know
Travis County Sheriff
- How many plate reader cameras the contract covers, and where they are.
- How long the reads are kept, who can search them, and whether the searches are audited.
- Which agencies outside Travis County can see reads from this system.
- What the $60,800 federal plate reader grant the Sheriff's Office held in 2015 paid for, and whether it is part of this system.
Travis County Sheriff
- Whether any similar request has been made to the county since, and how it was handled.
- What the Sheriff's Office memorandum of understanding with Flock Safety says, and how many private camera networks it reaches.
- Whether the county has a written position on private surveillance equipment in its right of way.
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 not yet confirmed where each of them meets in Travis County.
Go to the Travis County hub →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 ↗