Flock & ALPR Cameras in Carbondale, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 33 automated license plate readers in and around Carbondale — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 3 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 3 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 3 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 18 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Carbondale
The readers mapped around Carbondale break down as 19 Flock Safety, 11 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: Southern Illinois University Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- West Hickory Street — 3 readers
- East Main Street — 2 readers
- North Giant City Road — 2 readers
- South Illinois Avenue — 2 readers
- South Wall Street — 2 readers
- North Gladys Drive — 2 readers
- Grassy Road — 1 reader
- South Oakland Avenue — 1 reader
- Lincoln Drive — 1 reader
- South Normal Avenue — 1 reader
- East Pleasant Hill Road — 1 reader
- Arena Drive — 1 reader
+ 11 more streets and roads mapped around Carbondale — all on the live map above.
Carbondale IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Carbondale IL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 79 other agencies.
Carbondale in the Jackson County picture
Jackson County has 25 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #577 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 52,706 residents and 1,414 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 31.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 17 traffic, 6 public. Operators named on the record: Southern Illinois University Police Department (3).
Camera activity around Carbondale, last 30 days
4 newly reported in our hourly change log for Carbondale. Latest change logged Aug 19, 2026.
What’s watching Carbondale
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 Carbondale — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Carbondale (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Carbondale
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Carbondale, IL
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Carbondale, IL
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Carbondale, IL
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Carbondale, IL
What you can do in Carbondale
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 Carbondale
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).