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Requesting information

Ask for existing records, not new explanations.

Texas public-information requests work best when they identify existing records: inventories, contracts, invoices, maps, audit logs, access agreements, and authorization documents.

City / APD request

Under the Texas Public Information Act, Chapter 552 of the Texas Government Code, I request electronic copies of existing records concerning fixed automated license plate reader (ALPR) equipment operated, purchased, leased, funded, maintained, or administered by the City of Abilene or Abilene Police Department.

Please provide existing records showing:

1. The inventory of the 13 fixed Flock Safety cameras APD publicly reported operating as of July 23, 2026, including any records containing each camera’s street, intersection, installation location, GPS coordinates, device/site identifier, or other location designation.
2. Installation date and current operational status for each fixed Flock Safety/ALPR device.
3. Current contracts, agreements, amendments, purchase orders, invoices, statements of work, quotes, or subscription documents involving Flock Safety or ALPR equipment.
4. Existing maps, spreadsheets, asset inventories, deployment lists, installation plans, pole/site records, or similar records showing Flock/ALPR deployment locations.
5. Records identifying which City department owns or administers each device.
6. Existing agreements, memoranda, configuration records, or other documents identifying agencies or organizations with which APD shares or receives Flock/ALPR data.
7. Records identifying ALPR cameras accessible to APD that are owned or operated by another organization, including the organization associated with each camera where that information already exists in City records.
8. Existing records concerning installation, right-of-way, pole use, electrical service, permitting, or site authorization for Flock/ALPR cameras.
9. Records showing cameras added, removed, relocated, or deactivated from January 1, 2024 through the date this request is processed.
10. The earliest Flock Safety quote, contract, purchase order, invoice, cooperative-purchasing document, signature page, delegated purchasing authorization, Council agenda item, minutes, resolution, or roll-call record connected to the existing deployment.

11. Current ALPR policies, effective dates, retention configurations, preservation/export rules, sharing settings, access logs and audit records, including records underlying the new public transparency portal.
12. For the Axon Outpost cameras reported in the September 2026 equipment purchase: the executed line-item order, deployment plan, installation schedule, device inventory, video/ALPR retention settings and data-sharing agreements.

This request seeks existing records and does not ask the City to create a new document, conduct research, or answer questions. If estimated charges will exceed $40, please provide an itemized estimate before proceeding with chargeable work.

Taylor County Sheriff’s Office request

Under the Texas Public Information Act, Chapter 552 of the Texas Government Code, I request electronic copies of existing records concerning automated license plate reader (ALPR) technology maintained, operated, purchased, leased, funded, administered, or accessed by the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office.

Please provide existing records showing:

1. Any Flock Safety or other fixed/mobile ALPR cameras owned, leased, funded, administered, or operated by Taylor County or the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office, including inventories, deployment lists, maps, site identifiers, street/intersection descriptions, or coordinates.
2. Contracts, purchase orders, invoices, quotes, subscription agreements, amendments, or statements of work involving Flock Safety or another ALPR vendor.
3. Existing records identifying ALPR systems or cameras belonging to another agency, university, business, HOA, property owner, or other organization that Sheriff’s Office personnel are authorized to access.
4. Existing memoranda, interlocal agreements, data-sharing agreements, network-sharing agreements, or similar records involving Flock Safety/ALPR data and the City of Abilene, Abilene Police Department, Abilene Christian University, or other organizations.
5. Existing records identifying agencies or organizations authorized to access Taylor County ALPR data.
6. Records reflecting cameras added, removed, relocated, activated, or deactivated from January 1, 2024 through the date this request is processed.

This request seeks existing records and does not require the Sheriff’s Office to create a document or answer questions. If estimated charges will exceed $40, please provide an itemized estimate before proceeding with chargeable work.

Private-property verification request

I’m documenting automated license plate reader (ALPR) systems operating in Abilene and am trying to verify information accurately rather than relying on crowdsourced reports.

Could you please confirm whether your Abilene property currently operates or hosts Flock Safety or another automated license plate reader system?

If so, I would appreciate confirmation of:
• the manufacturer or system used;
• the number of ALPR cameras at the property;
• whether the cameras are operated by your organization, the property owner, a management company, a security contractor, or another entity;
• whether the system is currently active; and
• whether access to the ALPR data is routinely shared with any law-enforcement agency.

I am specifically trying to distinguish automated license plate readers from ordinary surveillance/security cameras. If your organization does not operate the system but you know which entity does, identifying that organization would also be helpful.

City of Abilene

Public Information Request portal / [email protected].

City request page

Taylor County Sheriff

The Sheriff’s published open-records email is [email protected].

County page

Texas Attorney General

General guidance on requesting public information under Chapter 552.

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Request records

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What meaningful accountability requires.

These are proposed accountability priorities for community discussion. They have not been presented here as formally adopted organizational positions.

Deployment disclosure

Draft subject: public inventory of active, inactive, relocated, and newly installed ALPR devices, with location precision appropriate to the final adopted policy.

Community discussion priority

Contracts & cost

Draft subject: publish contracts, subscriptions, purchase orders, renewals, amendments, invoices, and funding sources.

Community discussion priority

Retention & sharing

Draft subject: disclose retention periods, sharing partners, search-network settings, and rules for external agency access.

Community discussion priority

Authorization trail

Draft subject: identify the officials, delegated authority, purchasing mechanism, and public actions that authorized and expanded the system.

Community discussion priority

Auditing & misuse controls

Draft subject: publish audit requirements, misuse reporting, disciplinary rules, and aggregate search statistics.

Community discussion priority

Public change log

Draft subject: maintain a dated record of camera additions, removals, relocations, vendor changes, and policy changes.

Community discussion priority

Contact & corrections

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Turn concern into verifiable records

Ask for existing records, not new explanations.

City of Abilene

Taylor County Sheriff

Texas Attorney General

Turn concern intopublic accountability.

The petition destination hasn’t been connected yet.

Turn questions into verifiable records.

Request records

Attend or watch meetings

Document hardware safely

Correct the public map

What meaningful accountability requires.

Deployment disclosure

Contracts & cost

Retention & sharing

Authorization trail

Auditing & misuse controls

Public change log

Send evidence, not assumptions.

Report a camera or correction

City Council contact

Turn concern into
public accountability.