El Paso orders every city-sited license plate reader taken down and bars its city manager from signing another one
The El Paso City Council passed two directions to the city manager on September 15th, 2026. The first orders the removal within 60 days of all Flock Safety fixed automated license plate reader cameras and related hardware. That covers city property, city right of way and anything otherwise within the city's control. It reaches that hardware whoever owns it. The second bars the city manager from entering, executing, renewing or extending any such contract, unless the council directs otherwise. That covers Flock Safety and any other provider of fixed networked automated license plate readers or substantially similar technology. It also orders the city attorney to draft and return a resolution to the council within 30 days to further effectuate that direction. Both items were sponsored by members of the city council rather than brought by staff, and the council's own agenda records both as amended and passed.
How to take part
The council's agendas, dispositions and meeting video are published on the city's own legislative portal and the meetings are open. The second direction requires the city attorney to return a resolution to the council within 30 days. The follow up reaches a public agenda rather than staying inside the building.
Where
1 county. In El Paso.
Timeline
- decided
Date of the council meeting that passed both directions
- Today
How this decision moved
One dated line per check, oldest first. A line that says nothing changed means somebody looked and it had not.
- 2026-09-20
Admitted to the record. The council's own agenda carries both directions and records both as passed. The removal order and the contract bar are on the city's published legislative record rather than in an account of the meeting.
- 2026-09-23
El Paso's order still stands, and the city manager is still barred from signing another one.
- 2026-09-26
El Paso's order still stands. The plate readers are to come down and the city manager may not sign another.
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
Discussion and action directing the City Manager to ensure the removal, within 60 days, of all Flock Safety fixed automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras and related hardware located on or within City property, City right-of-way, or otherwise within the City's control, regardless of whether such cameras or hardware are owned by Flock Safety, the City of El Paso, or any third party, including by physically removing such equipment or coordinating its removal by the appropriate party.El Paso City Council regular meeting agenda, September 15, 2026, item 25, file 26-1039 Primary source, official · elpasotexas.legistar.com
Discussion and action directing the City Manager to refrain from entering into, executing, renewing, or extending any contract, agreement, or other arrangement with Flock Safety or any other provider for the acquisition, installation, operation, maintenance, or use of fixed, networked automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras or substantially similar technology, unless otherwise directed by subsequent action of the City Council; and directing the City Attorney to draft and return to the City Council within 30 days a resolution to further effectuate this direction.El Paso City Council regular meeting agenda, September 15, 2026, item 26, file 26-1038 Primary source, official · elpasotexas.legistar.com
Questions about this decision
Answered from the record itself. Every answer is assembled from stored fields, so an answer the record has no basis for is left out rather than guessed.
What is this decision?
The El Paso City Council passed two directions to the city manager on September 15th, 2026. The first orders the removal within 60 days of all Flock Safety fixed automated license plate reader cameras and related hardware. That covers city property, city right of way and anything otherwise within the city's control. It reaches that hardware whoever owns it. The second bars the city manager from entering, executing, renewing or extending any such contract, unless the council directs otherwise. That covers Flock Safety and any other provider of fixed networked automated license plate readers or substantially similar technology. It also orders the city attorney to draft and return a resolution to the council within 30 days to further effectuate that direction. Both items were sponsored by members of the city council rather than brought by staff, and the council's own agenda records both as amended and passed.
Who decides it?
El Paso City Council decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.
Can the public take part?
The council's agendas, dispositions and meeting video are published on the city's own legislative portal and the meetings are open. The second direction requires the city attorney to return a resolution to the council within 30 days. The follow up reaches a public agenda rather than staying inside the building.
Where in Texas does it apply?
It covers El Paso County in the El Paso, TX area.
Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
What happens next?
No future date is on the record. The last dated step on it was decided on September 15th.
When did it start?
The earliest date on its record is September 15th, 2026.
What kind of decision is it?
It is filed under surveillance and policing.
What sources back it?
One source backs it. It is primary.
Is it on the ERCOT grid?
No. It sits outside the ERCOT interconnection.
When was it last checked?
Every fact on it was last verified against its source on September 26th, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, El Paso orders every city-sited license plate reader taken down and bars its city manager from signing another one. Tracked since September 15th, 2026. Last verified September 26th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0174/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0174.
Beat
Filed under Surveillance and policing, with every other decision on that beat.