Flock & ALPR Cameras in Childersburg, Alabama
Volunteers have reported 7 automated license plate readers in and around Childersburg — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Childersburg in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:29 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Childersburg
The readers mapped around Childersburg break down as 7 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Mar 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- US 231;US 280 — 2 readers
- Shelby County — 2 readers
- Fay S Perry Drive — 1 reader
- US 231;US 280;AL 76 — 1 reader
- Desoto Caverns Parkway — 1 reader
Childersburg AL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Childersburg AL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 7 other agencies.
Childersburg in the Talladega County picture
Talladega County has 32 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #744 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 81,170 residents and 2,021 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 34.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 7 traffic.
Camera activity around Childersburg, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Childersburg. Latest change logged Aug 24, 2026.
What’s watching Childersburg
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 Childersburg — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Childersburg (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Childersburg
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.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Childersburg
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).