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New Mexico has 1,040 mapped plate readers. 709 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
Albuquerque has the most (115), then Las Cruces (55) and Santa Fe (38). The first Flock-tagged one was mapped Jan 19, 2025. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes.
See who runs them · Cameras in New Mexico · What is a Flock camera? · Flock cameras in the US · Other Flock camera maps
Flock cameras in New Mexico by city
A city links to its own page once enough readers are mapped there.
Plate readers mapped in New Mexico each month
Plate readers of any maker added to the map each month, not only Flock-tagged ones. Lighter bars are estimates from the first-mapped dates of current points.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock-tagged readers first mapped each month
Each row counts the Flock-tagged readers first mapped that month, newest first. Months with none are left out. Each one carries the date it was first mapped.
| Month | First mapped that month | Top cities |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 15 | 6 in Albuquerque and 2 in Farmington |
| Sep 2026 | 43 | 24 in Santa Fe and 4 in Albuquerque |
| Aug 2026 | 84 | 23 in Roswell and 13 in Albuquerque |
| Jul 2026 | 52 | 6 in Albuquerque and 5 in Española |
| Jun 2026 | 54 | 6 in Las Cruces and 3 in Albuquerque |
| May 2026 | 42 | 8 in Albuquerque and 6 in Moriarty |
| Apr 2026 | 28 | 5 in Albuquerque and 5 in Las Vegas |
| Mar 2026 | 48 | 10 in Edgewood and 5 in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque |
| Feb 2026 | 18 | 4 in Farmington and 4 in Las Vegas |
| Jan 2026 | 30 | 8 in Taos and 3 in Alamogordo |
| Dec 2025 | 34 | 10 in Clovis and 10 in Farmington |
| Nov 2025 | 87 | 27 in Las Cruces and 20 in Albuquerque |
Who runs the Flock cameras in New Mexico
Most don't say who runs them. The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 15 agencies in New Mexico that use plate readers.
- Private operators, not named 49
- Clovis Police Department 16
- Alamogordo, City of 5
- Farmington Police 3
- [City of Farmington, NM] 2
- Farmington Police Department 2
- [Farmington Police Dapertment] 1
- [Farmington Police Department] 1
- {Farmington Police Department] 1
- Albuqueque Police Department 1
Plate reader law in New Mexico
| Topic | New Mexico |
|---|---|
| Status | Law |
| Law | Driver Privacy and Safety Act (SB 40, 2026); NMSA 1978 §§ 29-22-1 to -5 |
| What it does | Bars plate-reader users from sharing data they reasonably believe may be used for immigration enforcement, a protected health care activity, or liability based solely on 'participation in activities protected by the United States constitution or the constitution of New Mexico'; requires a written declaration from out-of-state parties and bars sharing with non-law-enforcement. |
| Who it can be shared with | No access for an out-of-state third party or non-New Mexico law enforcement agency without a written declaration; no sale, sharing or transfer to non-law enforcement officers or agencies, except the user's vendor (§ 3B-C) |
| Public record? | 'confidential and not considered a public record for the purposes of the Inspection of Public Records Act' (§ 3D) |
| Public records law | Inspection of Public Records Act, NMSA 1978 § 14-2-1 et seq. |
| Checked |
See New Mexico plate reader law next to the other states.
Flock cameras in New Mexico: questions
How many Flock cameras are in New Mexico?
709 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in New Mexico, as of November 7, 2026. The real number may be higher or lower: the map shows only the cameras mapped so far.
Which cities in New Mexico have the most Flock cameras?
By mapped count: Albuquerque (115), Las Cruces (55) and Santa Fe (38). The city list on this page shows each city with a Flock-tagged reader.
Is each mapped camera still there?
Not always. A point shows where someone mapped a camera. 3 of the 709 carry a date when a volunteer last checked them on the ground.
New Mexico's plate reader data
From OpenStreetMap, under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. A free copy goes to anyone who asks: how it is made and how to ask.
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1,040 cameras listed or mapped in New Mexico so far.
Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
- Driver Privacy and Safety Act (SB 40, 2026); NMSA 1978 §§ 29-22-1 to -5: plate reader law, checked Oct 25, 2026
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Open Government Guide: public records law, checked Oct 25, 2026
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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