Flock & ALPR Cameras in Crawford County, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 10 automated license plate readers across Crawford County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 8 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Crawford County compares nationally
Crawford County ranks #553 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 18,588 residents and 1,103 miles of county roads — 4.8418 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Crawford 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 Crawford County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Crawford
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.