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Flock Cameras in Alabama: Map, Locations & Count
As of 13 October 2026, 3,012 Flock and ALPR cameras are mapped inside Alabama's borders (2,593 tagged Flock Safety), run by 211 operators. Around Birmingham the map records 1,039, the most of any AL metro. See every camera on the live map below, which way it faces and its approximate capture zone. Free, no account.
Alabama's network is widely spread: Birmingham Police Department runs 158 of the state's mapped cameras (5%), and the remaining 95% 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. 920 of the 3,012 cameras carry no operator at all, so the operator shares above are shares of the attributed cameras. Since 5 October 2026 the in-state count moved from 2,876 to 3,012 (+136).
Open the live camera mapWhich Alabama cities have Flock cameras?
What the public map records around each Alabama metro on 13 October 2026.
1,039 cameras
Montgomery
235 cameras
Huntsville
225 cameras
Tuscaloosa
185 cameras
Mobile
119 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 20% of Alabama's mapped cameras.
Birmingham Police Department
158 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 158; Huntsville Police Department runs 107. Of the cameras carrying a recorded operator type, 1,625 are municipal police, 413 are sheriff's offices and 38 are private.
Where the map has no operator tag, the operator is inferred from the surrounding jurisdiction; that applies to 2,038 of 3,012 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
2,593 cameras
Motorola Solutions
99 cameras
Axis Communications
96 cameras
Genetec
45 cameras
Neology
30 cameras
Flock Safety is tagged on 2,593 of 2,901 manufacturer-recorded cameras — 89%. The rest is led by Motorola Solutions (99) and Axis Communications (96). Another 111 cameras have no vendor recorded.
Where a mount is recorded, Alabama's cameras sit on: pole (788), street lamp (31), post (11), wall (6). 2,677 of the 3,012 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 in Alabama?
As of 13 October 2026, 3,012 Flock and ALPR cameras are mapped inside Alabama's borders, 2,593 of them tagged Flock Safety, run by 211 operators. The largest clusters are around Birmingham, Montgomery, Huntsville. That is a documented floor, not a full inventory: cameras appear as people map them.
Which cities in Alabama have Flock cameras?
The largest clusters are around Birmingham (1,039), Montgomery (235), Huntsville (225), Tuscaloosa (185), Mobile (119). 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 158 mapped cameras, then Huntsville Police Department with 107. Of cameras with a recorded operator type, 1,625 are police, 413 are sheriff's offices and 38 are privately run.
Are all the plate readers in Alabama made by Flock?
No. Flock Safety is tagged on 2,593 of 2,901 vendor-recorded cameras (89%); Motorola Solutions accounts for 99, and 111 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 2,677 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.