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Alabama has 3,040 mapped plate readers. 2,577 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
Birmingham has the most (218), then Montgomery (132) and Mobile (76). The first Flock-tagged one was mapped Sep 23, 2024. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes.
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Flock cameras in Alabama by city
A city links to its own page once enough readers are mapped there.
Plate readers mapped in Alabama 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 | 101 | 28 in Montgomery and 8 in Prattville |
| Sep 2026 | 107 | 17 in Birmingham and 4 in Center Point |
| Aug 2026 | 273 | 52 in Mobile and 20 in Birmingham |
| Jul 2026 | 280 | 34 in Birmingham and 13 in Gulf Shores |
| Jun 2026 | 125 | 11 in Gulf Shores and 5 in Birmingham |
| May 2026 | 88 | 7 in Tuscaloosa and 4 in Birmingham |
| Apr 2026 | 93 | 8 in Tuscaloosa and 7 in Northport |
| Mar 2026 | 100 | 13 in Birmingham and 6 in Auburn |
| Feb 2026 | 87 | 8 in Birmingham and 5 in Mobile |
| Jan 2026 | 126 | 13 in Gulf Shores and 9 in Enterprise |
| Dec 2025 | 133 | 11 in Birmingham and 9 in Auburn |
| Nov 2025 | 88 | 13 in Troy and 8 in Dothan |
Who runs the Flock cameras in Alabama
Most don't say who runs them. The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 114 agencies in Alabama that use plate readers.
- Private operators, not named 48
- Decatur Police Department 1
- Hoover Police Department 1
- Leesburg Police Department 1
- Mountain Brook Police Department 1
Plate reader law in Alabama
| Topic | Alabama |
|---|---|
| Status | Rule, not a statute |
| Law | No ALPR statute; an administrative rule, not a statute: Ala. Admin. Code ch. 265-X-6 (Alabama Justice Information Commission; authority Code of Ala. 1975, § 41-9-620) |
| What it does | An administrative rule, not a statute, limits police plate-reader data to criminal justice or public safety purposes, bars its sale and caps how long it is kept. |
| How long it is kept | no more than five years (rule 265-X-6-.06) |
| Who it can be shared with | May be shared with another criminal justice agency for a criminal justice or public safety purpose, with a dissemination log; not shared for other purposes; not sold (rule 265-X-6-.04) |
| Public records law | Alabama Open Records Act, Ala. Code § 36-12-40 et seq. |
| Checked |
See Alabama plate reader law next to the other states.
Flock cameras in Alabama: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Alabama?
2,577 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Alabama, 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 Alabama have the most Flock cameras?
By mapped count: Birmingham (218), Montgomery (132) and Mobile (76). 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. 2 of the 2,577 carry a date when a volunteer last checked them on the ground.
Alabama'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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3,040 cameras listed or mapped in Alabama 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
- No ALPR statute; an administrative rule, not a statute: Ala. Admin. Code ch. 265-X-6 (Alabama Justice Information Commission; authority Code of Ala. 1975, § 41-9-620): 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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