County record · Alabama

Tuscaloosa County

8 Deployments on record

4 Agencies

4 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 3 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 3 Doorbell & camera registry · 1 Cell-site simulators · none on record Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

Tuscaloosa Police Department

Tuscaloosa · 4 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Tuscaloosa

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Tuscaloosa Police Department operates 19 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Body-worn & dashcam

The Tuscaloosa Police Department began using body-worn cameras in mid the 2010s, but in 2024 a new policy was adopted requiring all officers to wear them.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Government Agency WBRC 6News AL.com

Doorbell & camera registry Vendor: Axon

The Tuscaloosa Police Department maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras through Motorola Solutions' CityProtect platform.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): SafeguardTuscaloosa WVUA

Drones / UAS

The Tuscaloosa police department operates a drone as first responder program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WVTM13 CitizenPortal.ai MyNBC15

Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office

Tuscaloosa · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Tuscaloosa County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office operates 30 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Body-worn & dashcam

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $30,000 to the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office in 2018 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): U.S Department of Justice external.ojp.usdoj.gov abcnews.go.com

Northport Police Department

Northport · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Northport

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Northport Police Department purchased two Flock Safety automated license plate readers in 2020 and has access to Flock ALPRs system maintained by local home owner associations.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Tuscaloosa Thread City of Northport

University of Alabama Police Department

Tuscaloosa · 1 deployment

Body-worn & dashcam

The University of Alabama Police Department uses body-worn cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): University of Alabama Facebook Page

Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026