License plate readers in Hoover, AL
Volunteers have documented 69 automated license plate readers inside Hoover. That is the 5th-largest total among the 53 Alabama cities indexed here, and 2.4% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.4 per square mile places Hoover near the middle of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Motorola Solutions holds the largest share here at 46%, rather than Flock Safety, which leads in most cities in this index. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Southlake Residential Association and The Home Depot.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed September 25, 2026.
69
readers documented
1.4
per square mile
5th
of 53 indexed Alabama cities · 276th of 2,395 nationally
2.4%
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 Safety29 · 42%
- Motorola Solutions32 · 46%
- Other vendors8 · 12%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 40 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Southlake Residential Association (3), The Home Depot (2), Hoover Police Department (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (5)
- Coverage area
- 49.7 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Motorola Solutions camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · How state ALPR laws compare
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