Flock & ALPR Cameras in Coles County, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 35 automated license plate readers across Coles County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 24 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 8 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Coles County compares nationally
Coles County ranks #296 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 13.8% nationally. The count covers 46,689 residents and 1,778 miles of county roads — 6.6397 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Coles County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Coles County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Coles
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.