Flock & ALPR cameras in Alabama
Public map data records 2,782 ALPR cameras inside Alabama's borders as of 3 September 2026, run by 211 different operators. Around Birmingham the map records 945, the most of any AL metro. See every camera, which way it faces and its approximate capture zone — free, no account.
Alabama's network is widely spread: Birmingham Police Department runs 159 of the state's mapped cameras (6%), and the remaining 94% are split across 210 other agencies and businesses. Unlike metro-area counts, this figure is counted inside the state line, so nothing from neighbouring states leaks in.
Open the live camera mapWhich Alabama cities have Flock cameras?
What the public map records around each Alabama metro on 3 September 2026.
945 cameras
Montgomery
227 cameras
Huntsville
221 cameras
Tuscaloosa
157 cameras
Mobile
118 cameras
Birmingham has a full page with operator, vendor and direction breakdowns; the other metros are covered by the live map. Bounding-box counts around each city centre — good for ranking metros, wrong for summing. The only clean state total is the polygon-counted figure in the headline.
The largest ALPR operators in Alabama
Eight operators account for 22% of Alabama's mapped cameras.
Birmingham Police Department
159 cameras
Huntsville Police Department
107 cameras
Montgomery Police Department
101 cameras
Auburn Police Department
54 cameras
Tuscaloosa Police Department
48 cameras
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
48 cameras
Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office
45 cameras
Pelham Police Department
43 cameras
211 separate bodies operate mapped readers in Alabama. Birmingham Police Department leads with 159; Huntsville Police Department runs 107. Of the cameras carrying a recorded operator type, 1,626 are municipal police, 412 are sheriff's offices and 41 are private.
Where the map has no operator tag, the operator is inferred from the surrounding jurisdiction; that applies to 2,038 of 2,782 cameras in Alabama. Treat names as likely, not certain.
It isn't all Flock in Alabama
Vendor breakdown and direction coverage for the state's mapped cameras.
Flock Safety
2,483 cameras
Motorola Solutions
79 cameras
Genetec
35 cameras
Neology
27 cameras
Axis Communications
25 cameras
Flock Safety is tagged on 2,483 of 2,673 manufacturer-recorded cameras — 93%. The rest is led by Motorola Solutions (79) and Genetec (35). Another 109 cameras have no vendor recorded.
Where a mount is recorded, Alabama's cameras sit on: pole (756), street lamp (28), post (11), wall (4). 2,513 of the 2,782 cameras have a recorded facing direction, which is what makes route avoidance possible — a camera with no bearing shows on the map but can't be avoided with any precision.
Documented ALPR programs in Alabama
114 Alabama agencies appear in the EFF Atlas of Surveillance as ALPR users. That is a records count; the 211 operators on the map are a physical count. Both are floors.
Hoover Police Department — Jefferson County
The Hoover Police Department uses Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers, according to a 2014 press release. Vendor: Vigilant Solutions.
Bessemer Police Department — Jefferson County
The Bessemer Police Department uses Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers, according to a 2014 press release. Vendor: Vigilant Solutions.
Auburn Police Department — Lee County
The Auburn Police Department uses Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers, according to a 2014 press release. Vendor: Vigilant Solutions.
Huntsville Police Department — Madison County
As of April 2024, the Huntsville Police Department operates two Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Foley Police Department — Baldwin County
The Foley Police Department scanned 2,645,070 license plates using Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers in 2019. Vendor: Vigilant Solutions.
Trussville Police Department — Jefferson County
The Trussville Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers and has encouraged local homeowner groups to similarly install ALPR systems. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Atlas of Surveillance. Summaries are the Atlas's own wording, trimmed to a complete sentence.
Alabama ALPR questions
How many Flock cameras are there in Alabama?
As of 3 September 2026 the map records 2,782 ALPR cameras in Alabama, of which 2,483 carry a Flock Safety tag. The number only ever goes up as more are mapped; it is not a complete inventory.
Which cities in Alabama have Flock cameras?
The largest clusters are around Birmingham (945), Montgomery (227), Huntsville (221), Tuscaloosa (157), Mobile (118). Smaller AL towns appear on the live map too — these are simply the biggest metro areas.
Who operates ALPR cameras in Alabama?
211 operators in total. The largest is Birmingham Police Department with 159 mapped cameras, then Huntsville Police Department with 107. Of cameras with a recorded operator type, 1,626 are police, 412 are sheriff's offices and 41 are privately run.
Are all the plate readers in Alabama made by Flock?
No. Flock Safety is tagged on 2,483 of 2,673 vendor-recorded cameras (93%); Motorola Solutions accounts for 79, and 109 cameras have no vendor recorded at all. 'Flock camera' is the common name, but the map covers every ALPR it can find.
Can I avoid Flock cameras when driving in Alabama?
BanditKin's navigation offers opt-in, field-of-view-aware camera avoidance with a strength slider, using the 2,513 Alabama cameras that have a recorded facing direction. If no camera-free route exists it says so and falls back to the normal route. Preferring not to be logged by a commercial surveillance network is a privacy preference — the app uses public camera-location data.