Resident warns Commissioners Court that ALPR camera networks create searchable map of movements

Jun 23, 2026

A resident told the court that automated license-plate reader (ALPR) camera networks are being queried by hundreds of entities and urged commissioners to reconsider local participation in shared ALPR systems because of privacy and access concerns.

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Ivan Sercik, a Bryan resident, spoke during public comment about automated license-plate readers (ALPRs), also called 'flock' cameras. Citing data he had obtained from the Bryan Police Department, Sercik said that in the first two weeks of April Bryan PD searched camera data hundreds of times and that, across agencies and third parties, hundreds of organizations had searched the shared dataset. "Do I trust all 409 organizations that read that data? Do I even know who else has access to that information?" he asked, arguing a network of linked readings creates a large, searchable map of citizens' movements.

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