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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Scottsboro, Alabama

Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Scottsboro — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

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3
Reported cameras nearby
#166
of 256 Alabama cities tracked
0.1%
of Alabama’s reported cameras
Live camera map 3 reported cameras around Scottsboro, Alabama
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Camera Watch Recently reported near Scottsboro

No new reports near Scottsboro in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 12, 20:02 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.

Where the cameras are in Scottsboro

The readers mapped around Scottsboro break down as 5 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2024; the most recent in Mar 2025.

  • Scottsboro Highway — 2 readers
  • John T Reid Parkway — 1 reader
  • Micah Way — 1 reader
  • Veterans Drive — 1 reader

Scottsboro AL PD and the sharing network

Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Scottsboro AL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 64 other agencies.

Scottsboro in the Jackson County picture

Jackson County has 3 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,953 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 52,839 residents and 1,735 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 82.1% of counties nationally.

Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 5 traffic.

Camera activity around Scottsboro, last 30 days

2 newly reported, 5 removed in our hourly change log for Scottsboro. Latest change logged Aug 28, 2026.

What’s watching Scottsboro

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 Scottsboro — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Scottsboro (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.

The latest around Scottsboro

What you can do in Scottsboro

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.

Cameras near Scottsboro

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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).