Flock & ALPR Cameras in Hartselle, Alabama
Volunteers have reported 20 automated license plate readers in and around Hartselle — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 25 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 25 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 18 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 15 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Hartselle
The readers mapped around Hartselle break down as 16 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Oct 2024; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- 2nd Avenue — 3 readers
- Teague Road Northwest — 2 readers
- Byrd Road Southeast — 2 readers
- Garner Road Southwest — 1 reader
- Thompson Road — 1 reader
- Main Street East — 1 reader
- Hartselle — 1 reader
- Kyle Road Northeast — 1 reader
- Foote Road Southwest — 1 reader
- Lando Cain Road — 1 reader
- Barkley Bridge Road Southwest — 1 reader
- Bethel Road Northeast — 1 reader
Hartselle AL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Hartselle AL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 58 other agencies.
Hartselle in the Morgan County picture
Morgan County has 54 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #646 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 123,742 residents and 1,404 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 16.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 15 traffic, 1 parking. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (1).
What’s watching Hartselle
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 Hartselle — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Hartselle (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Hartselle
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Hartselle, AL
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Hartselle, AL
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Hartselle, AL
- Hartselle Police Department hoping flock cameras make crime-solving easier
What you can do in Hartselle
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 Hartselle
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).