Hood County Sheriff’s Office credits FLOCK camera system with aiding investigations and finding missing person
The Hood County Sheriff’s Office says the FLOCK camera system has assisted deputies and partner agencies in tracking suspects, resolving serious criminal cases and locating a missing person across multiple incidents between December 2024 and August 2025.
In December 2024, deputies responded to an incident in Granbury in which three juvenile offenders assaulted a detention officer and escaped custody, later stealing a vehicle. According to the Sheriff’s Office, investigators used FLOCK data to follow the suspects into Erath County. Working with partner agencies and the Region 8 SWAT Team, deputies tracked the three individuals and took them into custody in Johnson County.
In February 2025, deputies responding to a reported shooting in the Montego Bay neighborhood identified a suspect vehicle with help from witness statements and home security camera footage. The Sheriff’s Office reports that investigators then used the FLOCK system to follow the vehicle into surrounding counties. With additional evidence, warrants were obtained and four suspects were arrested; they are awaiting trial in the 355th District Court.
In August 2025, a FLOCK alert in Granbury led deputies to locate an elderly woman who had been reported missing from Fort Worth. Deputies worked with Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and Granbury Police to reunite the woman with her family, the office reported.
Sheriff Roger Deeds commented on the agency’s use of the system, saying, “This system has already saved lives and brought dangerous offenders to justice. We take privacy concerns seriously and have strict safeguards in place to prevent misuse, but the bottom line is clear: FLOCK works.”
The Sheriff’s Office stated that it plans to continue adding cameras to expand coverage in Hood County and to strengthen public safety through the network.
The cases cited by the Sheriff’s Office — the December 2024 juvenile escape and recapture, the February 2025 homicide-related arrests, and the August 2025 missing-person recovery — were presented by the office as examples of how the FLOCK system has been used by deputies and partner agencies within and beyond Hood County.
No additional operational details, including the number of cameras, exact locations of the devices, or the technical specifications of the FLOCK system, were provided in the information released by the Sheriff’s Office.