Flock & ALPR Cameras in Calumet City, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Calumet City — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Calumet City in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 9, 04:02 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Calumet City
The readers mapped around Calumet City break down as 1 Motorola Solutions, 1 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Aug 2026.
- Torrence Avenue — 1 reader
- State Street — 1 reader
Calumet City in the Cook County picture
Cook County has 1,915 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #823 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 5,185,812 residents and 9,668 road miles. By road density that is 0.20 cameras per road mile, in the top 1.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.
Camera activity around Calumet City, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Calumet City. Latest change logged Aug 31, 2026.
What’s watching Calumet City
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 Calumet City — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Calumet City (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Calumet City
- Mayor wants license-plate readers in Calumet City
- Body cameras, new ambulance, ShotSpotter upgrades are among Calumet City's recent public safety upgrades
What you can do in Calumet City
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.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Calumet City
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).