Flock & ALPR Cameras in Semmes, Alabama
Volunteers have reported 18 automated license plate readers in and around Semmes — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 18 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Semmes, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 4 of them sit inside Semmes itself.
The rest sit in Mobile (14).
1 of them name an operator in the record: Lowe's (1). The operator is who runs the camera, which is not always the local government.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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No new reports near Semmes in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 15:27 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
📷 11 new license plate readers just reported around Semmes, AL. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Semmes
Where the cameras are in Semmes
The readers mapped around Semmes break down as 16 Flock Safety, 2 Leonardo. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2024; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Schillinger Road North — 8 readers
- Airport Boulevard — 4 readers
- Snow Road North — 2 readers
- Alverson Road — 2 readers
- McKinley Avenue — 1 reader
- Mobile — 1 reader
Semmes in the Mobile County picture
Mobile County has 23 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,956 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 413,162 residents and 5,840 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 66.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 16 traffic, 1 parking, 1 Semmes Police Department Traffic Surveillance . Operators named on the record: Lowe's (1).
Camera activity around Semmes, last 30 days
12 newly reported, 4 removed in our hourly change log for Semmes. Latest change logged Sep 2, 2026.
What’s watching Semmes
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 Semmes — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Semmes (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Semmes
- 4 license plate readers reported removed near Semmes, AL
- 11 new license plate readers reported around Semmes, AL
- 4 new license plate readers reported around Semmes, AL
What you can do in Semmes
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 Semmes
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).