Flock & ALPR Cameras in Cerro Gordo, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Cerro Gordo — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Cerro Gordo in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:06 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Cerro Gordo
The readers mapped around Cerro Gordo break down as 5 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Oct 2025.
- Cerro Gordo Blacktop — 1 reader
- E 700 North Road — 1 reader
- North 100 East Road — 1 reader
- South Jackson Street — 1 reader
- West Franklin Street — 1 reader
Cerro Gordo in the Piatt County picture
Piatt County has 13 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #201 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 9.4% nationally. That’s across 16,702 residents and 1,051 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 39% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 5 traffic.
What’s watching Cerro Gordo
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 Cerro Gordo — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Cerro Gordo (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Cerro Gordo
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 Cerro Gordo
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).