Cameras / Alabama / Tuscaloosa
License plate readers in Tuscaloosa, AL
Volunteers have documented 50 automated license plate readers inside Tuscaloosa. That is the 7th-largest total among the 50 Alabama cities indexed here, and 2.0% of the statewide total. Its 0.8 readers per square mile spread across 63 square miles — thinner coverage than 82% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 90% — are Flock Safety units.
Updated August 14, 2026.
50
readers documented
0.8
per square mile
7th
of 50 indexed Alabama cities
2.0%
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 Safety45 · 90%
- Genetec2 · 4%
- Unknown3 · 6%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 37 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- pole (20), traffic signal (1), street lamp (1)
- Coverage area
- 63 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work
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