Flock & ALPR Cameras in Centralia, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Centralia — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Centralia in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 14:12 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Centralia
The readers mapped around Centralia break down as 2 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Aug 2025; the most recent in Jan 2026.
- West McCord Street — 2 readers
Centralia IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Centralia IL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 76 other agencies.
Centralia in the Marion County picture
Marion County has 3 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,849 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 37,294 residents and 2,139 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 85.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.
What’s watching Centralia
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 Centralia — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Centralia (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Centralia
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 Centralia
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).