APD License Plate Reader — May 2025 DRAFT audit and peer comparison
City of Austin, Office of the City Auditor · ev-austin-audit-draft-202505
Evidence type: primary government draft audit — dated agency-response benchmark
Publication: Unknown · Event: Unknown · Verified: Oct 7, 2026
Original sourceOriginal 21-page PDF downloaded; pages 1, 3, 19–20 inspected. DRAFT watermark retained, not a final audit. Page 3 describes 40 fixed Flock readers deployed beginning March 2024 and Axon vehicle-mounted readers growing from over 200 in September 2024 to nearly 500 in April 2025. Page 19 attributes its benchmark to March 2025 peer-agency responses: San Antonio Axon 740 in-car; Dallas Flock/Axon combined 165; Houston Flock/Motorola/ELSAG combined 318. Mixed-vendor quantities are not apportioned to vendors or current inventory. Cover gives May 2025, no exact publication day; date fields remain null.