Flock & ALPR Cameras in Bethany, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around Bethany — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 16 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 16 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 16 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Bethany
The readers mapped around Bethany break down as 3 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Apr 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- IL 121 — 2 readers
- East Main Street — 1 reader
Bethany IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Bethany IL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 1 other agencies.
Bethany in the Moultrie County picture
Moultrie County has 8 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #438 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 20.4% nationally. That’s across 14,469 residents and 868 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 45.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic.
What’s watching Bethany
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 Bethany — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Bethany (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Bethany
What you can do in Bethany
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 Bethany
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).