Official first
City records receive priority for Celina locations, purchases, policy, meeting actions, and civic information.
Sources and methodology
This site takes a clear policy position: Celina should end the ALPR program and remove its 47 readers. That conclusion does not change the standard for factual accuracy.
Editorial position
Celina ALPR Watch is an evidence-led advocacy project, not a neutral City information portal. It argues for complete termination and removal because the public record shows mass collection, broad access, recurring cost, suspicionless query authority, and no published local outcome accounting sufficient to justify continuing the network.
The site also preserves evidence that cuts the other way: ALPRs can improve plate-checking efficiency and help generate investigative leads; Celina's policy contains real safeguards; and access granted is not proof of actual use. Those facts make the case more honest, not less urgent.
Statements about Celina rely first on Celina records. National incidents illustrate risks rather than allege local wrongdoing. Other cities' official removal records show that ending similar programs is possible without establishing what Celina's contracts require.
Methodology
City records receive priority for Celina locations, purchases, policy, meeting actions, and civic information.
Vendor claims, independent research, live snapshots, inferences, and proposed safeguards use distinct status labels.
“Granted access” is distinguished from proof that an organization searched or used Celina data.
“Not publicly disclosed” does not mean “does not exist,” and national incidents are not presented as Celina misconduct.
Dashboard figures are date-stamped so readers can distinguish a current value from a historical snapshot.
The sharing count was measured from the live portal on August 2, 2026: 1,078 entries and 1,076 distinct organization names. Audit visibility was compared on August 4, 2026: Celina displayed no Public Search Audit section, while at least eight Texas agency portals reviewed for comparison displayed a public 30-day audit.
Keeping figures current
Camera, plate-read, retention, and sharing figures can change. The site shows a verification date beside those claims and checks an official source before replacing a dated value.
Older figures are described as historical snapshots, not as current facts.
Expanded source library
Each entry states the claim it supports and opens the original source in a new tab. The library includes official municipal transparency comparisons and termination records in addition to Celina materials, law, research, vendor statements, and independent reporting.
Celina Police Department · Current page
Local descriptions of detections, prohibited uses, access logs, and police contact information.
Open sourceCity of Celina · Effective Jan. 2, 2025
Permitted and prohibited uses, search documentation, retention, verification, and DPS transfer.
Open sourceCelina Police Department / Flock Safety · Figures verified Aug. 2; audit visibility checked Aug. 4, 2026
47 cameras, 30-day retention, rolling usage totals, sharing entries, and public use descriptions. The portal reports a total search count but does not display a Public Search Audit or CSV download.
Open sourceCity of Celina · Dec. 10, 2024
Council agenda context for the first camera purchase.
Open sourceCity of Celina · Dec. 10, 2024
6-0 consent-agenda approval and the first purchase amounts.
Open sourceCity of Celina / Flock Safety · 2024
Six readers, initial and renewal terms, retention, notice, and disclosed costs.
Open sourceCelina Police Department · 2024
Six officially documented camera IDs, intersections, directions, and coordinates.
Open sourceCity of Celina · Dec. 9, 2025
Council agenda context for the 41-camera expansion.
Open sourceCity of Celina · Dec. 9, 2025
7-0 consent-agenda approval of the expansion purchase.
Open sourceCity of Celina / Flock Safety · 2025
41 readers, pricing, renewal terms, notice, and Flock Nova OSINT Data and Customer Data included in the purchase package.
Open sourceCelina Police Department · Dec. 9, 2025
Grant history, $112,000 reimbursement, $28,000 city share, the annual reapplication plan, and the stated 12–18 month deployment objective.
Open sourceCity of Celina · Apr. 14, 2026
The consent agenda passed 6-0 and included Resolution No. 2026-015R authorizing another MVCPA grant application. The minutes do not establish a grant award.
Open sourceCity of Celina · Current page
How to request existing city records and where written requests may be sent.
Open sourceCity of Celina · Current portal
Direct public form for submitting a public-information request.
Open sourceCity of Celina · Verified Aug. 2, 2026
Current council contacts, regular meeting time, and council information.
Open sourceCity of Celina · Current portal
Current agendas and meeting materials residents should verify before attending.
Open sourceCity of Celina · Mar. 10, 2026
Current-year Open Forum instructions: submit a speaker card before the meeting, three-minute limit, and nine copies for handouts.
Open sourceTexas Department of Motor Vehicles · July 18, 2025
Celina's listed $112,000 Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority award.
Open sourceTexas Legislature · Current code
Public access to existing government records, subject to statutory exceptions.
Open sourceTexas Attorney General · Current guidance
Open-records rulings, exceptions, and governmental-body guidance.
Open sourceTexas Legislature · Current code
The consumer privacy law's exemption for state agencies and political subdivisions.
Open sourceTexas Legislature · 2025
Proposed warrant or court authorization, offense limits, destruction, and reporting safeguards.
Open sourceTexas Legislature · 2025
The proposal was referred to committee and did not become law.
Open sourceTexas Legislature · 2025
Proposed use limits, federal-sharing restrictions, 48-hour deletion, reporting, and civil remedy.
Open sourceTexas Legislature · 2025
The proposal remained in committee and did not become law.
Open sourceU.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Mar. 17, 2026
The limited periodic public-road LPR observations at issue were not a Fourth Amendment search.
Open sourceU.S. Supreme Court · June 22, 2018
Long-term historical cell-site records were treated as a search; the case did not concern ALPRs.
Open sourceNational Institute of Justice · Dec. 2011
Plate checks, hits, and vehicle recoveries increased in the evaluated deployment.
Open sourceNIJ CrimeSolutions · Posted May 16, 2013; no longer updated
The profile rated the program ineffective and reported no statistically significant reductions in the evaluated general- or vehicle-crime measures.
Open sourcePolice Practice and Research · 2025
Limited support for broad crime-reduction claims alongside possible investigative benefits.
Open sourceFlock Safety · Current page
Vendor description of searchable vehicle records and product capabilities.
Open sourceFlock Safety · Current page
Vendor description of LPR data and system rules.
Open sourceFlock Safety · Current page
Vendor statement that cameras capture still images rather than ordinary streaming video.
Open sourceFlock Safety · Current page
Vendor-described sharing and access controls.
Open sourceFlock Safety · Current page
Vendor-described compliance and audit controls.
Open sourceFlock Safety · Current page
Vendor-described restrictions involving immigration and certain search terms.
Open sourceFlock Safety · June 2, 2026
Vendor description of customer-controlled retention, automated deletion, audit logs, legal-hold exceptions, and deletion verification.
Open sourceArvada Police Department / Flock Safety · Verified Aug. 4, 2026
One detailed example of the portal's downloadable 30-day Public Search Audit, with user IDs masked and timestamps, network counts, and offense types published.
Open sourceTemple Police Department / Flock Safety · Verified Aug. 4, 2026
Texas agency portal that publishes a Public Search Audit and CSV download for searches performed over the prior 30 days.
Open sourcePflugerville Police Department / Flock Safety · Verified Aug. 4, 2026
Texas agency portal that publishes a Public Search Audit and CSV download for searches performed over the prior 30 days.
Open sourceMidlothian Police Department / Flock Safety · Verified Aug. 4, 2026
Texas agency portal that publishes a Public Search Audit for searches performed over the prior 30 days.
Open sourceKemah Police Department / Flock Safety · Verified Aug. 4, 2026
Texas agency portal that publishes a Public Search Audit and CSV download for searches performed over the prior 30 days.
Open sourceIowa Colony Police Department / Flock Safety · Verified Aug. 4, 2026
Texas agency portal that publishes a Public Search Audit and CSV download for searches performed over the prior 30 days.
Open sourceFair Oaks Ranch Police Department / Flock Safety · Verified Aug. 4, 2026
Texas agency portal that publishes a Public Search Audit and CSV download even when its current search count is zero.
Open sourceEdinburg Police Department / Flock Safety · Verified Aug. 4, 2026
Texas agency portal that publishes a Public Search Audit for searches performed over the prior 30 days.
Open sourceDenton Police Department / Flock Safety · Verified Aug. 4, 2026
Texas agency portal that publishes a Public Search Audit and CSV download for searches performed over the prior 30 days.
Open sourceCity of Mountain View · Feb. 25, 2026
Unanimous contract termination after cameras were disabled; the city announced physical removal as the next step.
Open sourceCity of Staunton · Jan. 9, 2026
Contract termination was confirmed while physical camera removal had not yet been scheduled, showing why a removal commitment also needs a deadline.
Open sourceCity of Kaukauna · July 8, 2026
The city declined renewal and said it was working with Flock to deactivate and remove six readers.
Open sourceCity of Columbia Heights · June 4, 2026
Staff proposed immediate service termination, formal non-renewal, remaining contract payments, disconnection, and removal of all 12 readers.
Open sourceAssociated Press · 2025
The federal-access pilot controversy, Illinois access finding, and pause.
Open sourceAssociated Press · 2025
Reported Border Patrol access and searches routed through some local agencies.
Open sourceAssociated Press · 2024
A wrong-state plate match, family detention, and $1.9 million settlement.
Open sourceElectronic Frontier Foundation · Oct. 2025
An advocacy account of ALPR use in an abortion-related investigation; not a finding about Celina.
Open sourceDeFlock · Current map
A separate crowdsourced reference that is not Celina's official inventory.
Open sourceUnanswered public questions
Until the City answers those questions, the site labels them Not publicly confirmed rather than treating missing disclosure as proof.
Use the record
Share the evidence and ask Council to address the unanswered questions in public.