You may drive past them every day, without even realizing they’re there.
“That’s my first time even noticing that camera. I didn’t even realize that was a camera up there,” Prichard resident Kay Sutton said. “Where is that information going? You know what I’m saying? And they’re just up there to scare people? Is it actually up there to work, or benefit something?”
Automated license plate readers can capture tag information as vehicles pass. As Florida orders license-plate reader cameras removed from its state highway rights-of-way, Alabama records show law enforcement agencies have been approved to place at least 872 public-safety sensors along ALDOT-controlled roads statewide…