Flock & ALPR Cameras in Arthur, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Arthur — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Arthur in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:57 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Arthur
The readers mapped around Arthur break down as 1 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Mar 2026.
- West Columbia Street — 1 reader
Arthur IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Arthur IL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 62 other agencies.
Arthur in the Douglas County picture
Douglas County has 13 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #301 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 14% nationally. That’s across 19,686 residents and 935 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 36.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.
Camera activity around Arthur, last 30 days
1 removed in our hourly change log for Arthur. Latest change logged Sep 3, 2026.
What’s watching Arthur
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Arthur — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Arthur (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Arthur
What you can do in Arthur
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
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Cameras near Arthur
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).