Two more license plate-reading cameras were cut down this week days after two cameras were found vandalized Saturday on Houston’s Washington Avenue. 

Less than a week later, two more damaged license plate reading cameras were found near Memorial Park, ABC13 first reported. 

It was unclear when the units had been damaged. But on Thursday morning, only half of each pole remained, and the camera and power units were missing from each of the vandalized license plate readers near Memorial Park. 

The two cameras found Saturday had the Flock Safety logo. Flock did not return a request to verify whether the Memorial Park area cameras were Flock cameras.

Claudia Nila, who was visiting Memorial Park Thursday, said the cameras add safety for her children who are athletes and run in the park. 

“With the crime and things happening all over Houston, I think it is important to have them,” she said. 

The Flock Safety company uses license-plate-reading cameras to provide 24/7 monitoring for police departments, homes, businesses and neighborhoods.

The cameras have also drawn criticism from people who say who say they violate privacy and who have raised concerns about the devices’ potential use for tracking daily routines and whereabouts. 

For law enforcement, they are a useful crime-fighting tool and have helped solve several Houston cases. In one case, two abducted children were traced to a Houston-area apartment complex where both were found safe, according to Paris Lewbel, public relations manager for Flock Safety. 

Flock Safety did not confirm that any of the damaged cameras were owned by their company, but gave a statement on the destruction of their cameras. 

“Damaging public safety equipment is illegal and puts the community at risk, which is why we strongly condemn this type of behavior,” Lewbel said Tuesday. “Since partnering with Flock in 2021, HPD has recovered more than $7.4 million worth of stolen vehicles and uses the technology daily to investigate burglaries, homicides and organized retail theft.”

It was unclear which entity placed the cameras near Memorial Park or at Washington and Westcott. The Houston Police Department did not respond to a request for comment.