Flock & ALPR Cameras in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Volunteers have reported 161 automated license plate readers across Tuscaloosa County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 6 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 3 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 26 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 11 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Tuscaloosa County compares nationally
Tuscaloosa County ranks #505 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 23.6% nationally. The count covers 234,036 residents and 3,033 miles of county roads — 5.042 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Tuscaloosa
- Tuscaloosa Police & FBI Announce 90 Arrests in Monthlong Detail
- Residents voice alarm over surveillance cameras and data centers in Tuscaloosa County
- Community forum addresses Flock camera surveillance, data center concerns in Tuscaloosa
- IN DEPTH: Alabama Legislature Expected To Tighten Flock Camera Rules
What you can do in Tuscaloosa
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.