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Who runs license plate readers in Webb County?

On the map

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Verified by us
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Community-reported

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What we do not know

Webb County Sheriff

  • How many readers the Sheriff's Office operates, and where the fixed ones and the two trailers are.
  • How long a plate read is kept, and under what schedule.
  • Whether the office shares its reads with the state plate reader database or with any other agency.
  • Whether a written use policy exists, and who approved it.
  • What the two 2026 grant applications were awarded, and what they bought.

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 Webb County and how public comment works there.

How to show up in Webb 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 ↗