El Paso passes two plate reader items as revised, filed to take city-sited readers down and bar new contracts
The El Paso City Council passed two items on September 15th, 2026, and its own meeting record marks each one approved as revised. The text of the revisions is not on that record. As filed, the first directed the city manager to remove within 60 days all Flock Safety fixed automated license plate reader cameras and related hardware. That reached city property, city right of way and anything otherwise within the city's control, whoever owns the hardware. As filed, the second barred the city manager from entering, executing, renewing or extending any such contract unless the council directs otherwise. It reached Flock Safety and any other provider of fixed networked plate readers. It gave the city attorney 30 days to return a resolution. Whether those terms survived the revisions is unconfirmed. Both items were sponsored by members of the council rather than brought by staff.
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 items as revised
- 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.
- 2026-09-29
El Paso's order that city-sited plate readers come down, and that the city manager sign no new one, still stands.
- 2026-10-01
Reworded. The title and summary had stated the items as filed as though the council enacted them. The council's record marks both approved as revised and the revision text is not published, so every directive is now marked as filed. No source or quote changed.
- 2026-10-04
El Paso's two plate reader items still stand as the council passed them in revised form.
- 2026-10-07
Both of El Paso's plate reader items stand as the council passed them in revised form.
- 2026-10-10
El Paso's two plate reader items still stand in the revised form the council passed.
- 2026-10-15
El Paso's two plate reader items stand in the revised form the council passed.
- 2026-10-18
El Paso's two plate reader items still stand in the revised form the council passed.
- 2026-10-21
Checked and unchanged. The decision still stands as decided.
- 2026-10-24
El Paso's two plate reader items still stand as revised, with city-sited readers coming down and new contracts barred.
- 2026-10-29
El Paso's two plate reader items still stand as revised and passed.
- 2026-11-01
El Paso's two revised plate reader items still stand as passed.
- 2026-11-04
Checked and unchanged. The decision still stands as decided.
- 2026-11-07
El Paso's two plate reader items stand as passed.
- 2026-11-10
El Paso's plate reader items still stand as revised and filed.
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 items on September 15th, 2026, and its own meeting record marks each one approved as revised. The text of the revisions is not on that record. As filed, the first directed the city manager to remove within 60 days all Flock Safety fixed automated license plate reader cameras and related hardware. That reached city property, city right of way and anything otherwise within the city's control, whoever owns the hardware. As filed, the second barred the city manager from entering, executing, renewing or extending any such contract unless the council directs otherwise. It reached Flock Safety and any other provider of fixed networked plate readers. It gave the city attorney 30 days to return a resolution. Whether those terms survived the revisions is unconfirmed. Both items were sponsored by members of the council rather than brought by staff.
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 November 10th, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, El Paso passes two plate reader items as revised, filed to take city-sited readers down and bar new contracts. Tracked since September 15th, 2026. Last verified November 10th, 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.