Police Department · Harris County

Houston Police

Houston · TX / Stable ID: houston-pd

partial shutdown reported; inventory unresolved

Current ALPR status

partial shutdown reported; inventory unresolvedOriginal source Original source Original source Original source

Last verified

Oct 3, 2026

Evidence status

conflicting

Parent entity

Not provided

Original workbook ID: TX-HPD. Status applies to the recorded deployment scope; other ALPR systems have not been ruled out.

Conflicting evidence

These claims remain unresolved in the research dataset.

Grant subset scope and shutdown verification

553 managed readers; 224 exposed to loss of state funding.
Original source

200 prior-grant readers operating when agency response was reported.
Original source

Later reporting describes shutdown of 200 of 553.
Original source

Different report dates may explain status changes, but 224 versus 200 scope mapping and actual shutdown date remain unverified. No quantity is asserted definitively disabled.

Known deployments 1

Each vendor or generation of equipment is a separate record.

Flock Safety

Flock ALPR — legacy research record · dep-houston-pd-flock

partial shutdown reported; inventory unresolved

Known readersReported 553 Original source

ActiveUnknown

DisabledConflicting Original source Original source

Physically removedUnknown

PendingUnknown

Record scope: aggregate
Access-only relationship: Unknown
Installation status: physical removal unverified
Contract status: mixed city and grant arrangements
Funding status: partial state funding loss
Hardware vendor: Unknown
Software vendor: Unknown
Last verified: Oct 3, 2026
owner: Unknown
operator: Unknown
administrator: Unknown

Managed aggregate; grant subsets and operating quantities not reconciled. Excluded from every reader subtotal.

553 managed, 224 funding exposure, and 200 grant-funded operating/shutdown subset are not interchangeable populations. No exact active quantity is calculated by subtraction.

Original source Original source Original source Original source

Contracts & funding 1

Proposed, approved, and spent amounts are separate facts.

Houston Police

Flock Safety · con-houston-city-flock

current status unverified

Annual cost: Unknown
Total contract value: Reported $6,400,000.00 Original source
Contract period: Five years, entered in 2022; exact dates unknown
Funding source: Unknown
Start date: Unknown
Expiration date: Unknown
Cancellation / nonrenewal date: Unknown
Effective date: Unknown
State funding: Unknown
Local funding: Unknown
Federal funding: Unknown
Grant program: Unknown
Replacement funding proposed: Unknown
Replacement funding approved: Unknown
Replacement funding spent: Unknown
Last verified: Oct 3, 2026

Reported city contract value, not an annual cost or a state-funded camera subtotal. Current executed terms and funding allocations await primary contract review.

Original source

Deployment history

Event dates and dates added to the dataset are shown separately.

historical discoveryEvent: Sep 24, 2026

Prior research: Operational count correction

Historical workbook finding, preserved without treating it as a new operational event: Old: status conflict with no operational count. New: 200 of 553 reported shut down; 224 remains the separate grant-exposure count.

Original sourceEntity Added Oct 3, 2026

historical discoveryEvent: Sep 15, 2026

Prior research: Prior conversation seed

Historical workbook finding, preserved without treating it as a new operational event: 553 cameras; 224 expected lost; required independent verification

Unverified provenanceEntity Added Oct 3, 2026

historical discoveryEvent date unknown

Prior research: Latest reported record

Historical workbook finding, preserved without treating it as a new operational event: 553 managed; 224 funding-loss exposure. Operational split unresolved.

Original sourceEntity Added Oct 3, 2026

historical discoveryEvent date unknown