Flock & ALPR Cameras in Boaz, Alabama
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around Boaz — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Boaz in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 15:27 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Boaz
The readers mapped around Boaz break down as 6 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2024; the most recent in Dec 2024.
- AL 168 — 2 readers
- North Broad Street — 2 readers
- Boaz — 1 reader
- Williams Street — 1 reader
Boaz AL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Boaz AL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 37 other agencies.
Boaz in the Marshall County picture
Marshall County has 39 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #741 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 98,712 residents and 1,431 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 22.9% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 5 traffic, 1 parking.
What’s watching Boaz
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Boaz — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Boaz (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Boaz
What you can do in Boaz
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
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Cameras near Boaz
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).