Flock & ALPR Cameras in Carmi, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Carmi — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Carmi in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 07:12 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Carmi
The readers mapped around Carmi break down as 7 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Mar 2026; the most recent in Jun 2026.
- County Road 1000 East — 1 reader
- West Main Street — 1 reader
- East Main Street — 1 reader
- County Road 1450 East — 1 reader
- County Road 1100 East — 1 reader
- County Road 1175 E — 1 reader
- Illinois Route 141 — 1 reader
Carmi IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Carmi IL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 25 other agencies.
Carmi in the White County picture
White County has 10 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #234 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 10.9% nationally. That’s across 13,708 residents and 1,620 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 55.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 5 traffic.
What’s watching Carmi
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 Carmi — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Carmi (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Carmi
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 Carmi
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).