Flock & ALPR Cameras in Hayden, Alabama
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Hayden — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Hayden in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:09 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Hayden
The readers mapped around Hayden break down as 3 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Dec 2025.
- AL 160 — 2 readers
- Deans Ferry Road — 1 reader
Hayden AL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Hayden AL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 8 other agencies.
Hayden in the Blount County picture
Blount County has 37 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #347 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 16.2% nationally. That’s across 59,292 residents and 1,389 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 23.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.
What’s watching Hayden
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 Hayden — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Hayden (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Hayden
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 Hayden
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).