KPRC Click2Houston reported that League City voters have rejected Proposition A, which opposed the police department's continued use of Flock Safety license plate reader cameras on public roadways. The count so far is 25,021 against (54%) and 21,412 for (46%), with 29 of 753 precincts reporting (3.9%).
The council acted before the vote. Proposition A was technically nonbinding, so the removal plan rests on a separate resolution that council members approved on Oct. 13.
What does the council's plan require?
The resolution directs city staff to:
- Remove or cover fixed roadway cameras within 72 hours after the official canvass of the election results.
- Cover any camera that cannot be removed right away, so it stops collecting plate images and associated data.
- Address privately owned plate readers located in city rights-of-way.
- Review existing Flock contracts.
- Identify possible alternative uses for available public safety funding.
What changes for drivers?
The plan applies to the fixed cameras League City runs on its roads. Those are the cameras that would be removed or covered.
The source describes no action on cameras run by other agencies. Cameras operated by a neighboring city, a county, the state, a business or an HOA are not part of this plan as the source describes it. The source also doesn't say what happens to privately owned readers beyond the city being directed to address them.
You can see which cameras are mapped near you on the camera map, and read how plate readers work for background on what they record.
When do the cameras come down?
The source doesn't give a date for the official canvass, so the 72-hour window has no known end date. It also says the city's work is subject to existing contractual and legal requirements. Transparency records for local agencies are on the agencies page.
The next event is the official canvass. Once it happens, city staff have 72 hours to remove or cover the fixed roadway cameras.