License plate readers in Decatur, AL
Volunteers have documented 40 automated license plate readers inside Decatur. That is the 12th-largest total among the 50 Alabama cities indexed here, and 1.6% of the statewide total. Its 0.7 readers per square mile spread across 54.6 square miles — thinner coverage than 84% of the 2,232 cities indexed nationally. Flock Safety accounts for 88%, followed by Motorola Solutions at 13%. Every mount volunteers recorded here is the same kind: poles.
Updated August 15, 2026.
40
readers documented
0.7
per square mile
12th
of 50 indexed Alabama cities
1.6%
of Alabama’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety35 · 88%
- Motorola Solutions5 · 13%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 35 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Decatur Police Department (1). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (21)
- Coverage area
- 54.6 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work
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