Collection precedes suspicion
The city's policy expressly says reasonable suspicion or probable cause is not required to query ALPR data. Policy source
What is happening
A camera can record your car even when you are not under investigation.
Celina operates 47 license plate readers. This page shows what a reader captures, how long the record remains searchable, where the data can go, and which camera locations the City has published.
Official recordWe support removal
Plain-language guide
Not ordinary streaming video
Flock describes its readers as still-image devices. A record can contain the plate number, a vehicle image, make, model, color, date, time, location, and other vehicle characteristics. Flock product description Flock FAQ
Authorized users can run retroactive searches across past detections. Hotlist alerts are generated in real time when a detected plate appears on a list. Celina says the cameras detect plates and vehicle characteristics, not faces, people, gender, or race. Celina technology page Transparency portal
Before enforcement action on an alert, policy requires an officer to compare the plate and vehicle image and confirm the record through NCIC. Celina ALPR policy
Data flow
From roadway image to possible action
This diagram summarizes the published process. A raw alert is not a confirmed match or an enforcement outcome.
1. Vehicle passes cameraStill image is captured.
2. Record createdPlate, vehicle details, time, and location.
3. Cloud retentionOrdinarily 30 days; case-related preservation may last longer.
Separate DPS branchPolicy says Celina reads are sent to Texas DPS every 24 hours and retained there for 30 days.Policy source
4. Search or alertAuthorized retroactive query or hotlist alert.
5. Human verificationImage, plate, vehicle, and NCIC check before possible investigative action.
Why decommission the network
The concern is the system's design, even when no rule is broken.
Good-faith use and written safeguards do not eliminate routine collection, retrospective search, outside access, or the creation of travel records about people unconnected to an investigation.
A local read can leave the local system
The policy says Celina reads are sent to Texas DPS every 24 hours, while the public portal lists more than 1,000 sharing entries. Policy Portal
Most locations remain undisclosed
Official records identify six sites; the 2025 purchase establishes 41 more readers without locating them in the reviewed packet. Phase 1 plan 2025 order
The campaign seeks one clear outcome: end the program and remove every reader, including outside access and ordinary stored data where the law allows. A public review is the first step toward that decision.
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The six reader locations Celina has published
Official record
Each marker comes directly from the Police Department's 2024 Phase 1 planning document. These six locations represent only part of the 47-reader network.
Select a numbered marker for the camera ID, intersection, direction, verification status, and source. Open the Phase 1 planning document
| ID | Intersection | Direction | Coordinates | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F#001 | S. Preston Road at Frontier Parkway | Northbound | 33.2675863, -96.7838485 | Official record |
| F#002 | N. Preston Road at County Road 106 | Southbound | 33.3826799, -96.7656971 | Official record |
| F#003 | E. Outer Loop at FM 2478 | Westbound | 33.2989155, -96.7329406 | Official record |
| F#004 | W. Outer Loop at S. Preston Road | Westbound | 33.2937437, -96.7844026 | Official record |
| F#005 | E. Outer Loop at S. Preston Road | Eastbound | 33.2937209, -96.7806730 | Official record |
| F#006 | Crutchfield Road at FM 1385 | Eastbound | 33.2675811, -96.8928355 | Official record |
41additional cameras
Not publicly confirmed
Locations not publicly identified in the reviewed city documents
The 2025 order form and staff presentation establish an expansion of 41 readers, but the reviewed records do not provide their sites. This website does not estimate, geocode, or copy unverified locations. 2025 order form Police staff presentation
DeFlock is a separate crowdsourced reference, not Celina's official camera inventory.
Sharing network
Access is broad; use is not publicly itemized.
On August 2, 2026, the live list contained 1,078 entries representing 1,076 distinct organization names, including four entries explicitly labeled federal. The portal calls these organizations “granted access” to Celina data. Live portal
That list does not prove that every listed organization searched or used Celina data. It also does not show how often outside agencies searched the data or for what purposes. Query logs and sharing-history records are needed to answer those questions.
From information to action
Residents deserve the full picture.
Ask the City to identify the missing locations, explain the system in public, and discuss ending the program and removing all 47 readers.