Flock & ALPR Cameras in Mobile County, Alabama
Volunteers have reported 104 automated license plate readers across Mobile County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 23 Genetec camera newly reported
- Sep 23 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 23 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 23 Rekor camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 Chickasaw, AL just got its first reported license plate readers. Someone went out and looked — now it's on the map. #ALPR #Surveillance #Chickasaw
📷 11 new license plate readers just reported around Semmes, AL. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Semmes
📷 9 new license plate readers just reported around Prichard, AL. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Prichard
How Mobile County compares nationally
Mobile County ranks #1,956 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 413,162 residents and 5,840 miles of county roads — 0.5567 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Mobile County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Mobile County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
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What you can do in Mobile
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.