Flock & ALPR Cameras in Carlyle, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around Carlyle — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Carlyle in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 13:26 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Carlyle
The readers mapped around Carlyle break down as 6 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- IL 127 — 2 readers
- US 50 — 2 readers
- Old US Hwy 50 — 1 reader
- Franklin Street — 1 reader
Carlyle IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Carlyle IL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 25 other agencies.
Carlyle in the Clinton County picture
Clinton County has 14 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #790 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 36,899 residents and 1,419 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 43.9% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 6 traffic.
Camera activity around Carlyle, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Carlyle. Latest change logged Sep 2, 2026.
What’s watching Carlyle
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 Carlyle — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Carlyle (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Carlyle
What you can do in Carlyle
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 Carlyle
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).