Flock & ALPR Cameras in Shelby County, Alabama
Volunteers have reported 225 automated license plate readers across Shelby County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 2 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 2 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Oct 2 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 2 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 15 new license plate readers just reported around Lake Purdy, AL. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #LakePurdy
How Shelby County compares nationally
Shelby County ranks #165 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 7.7% nationally. The count covers 226,955 residents and 2,496 miles of county roads — 8.4158 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Shelby 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 Shelby County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Shelby
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.