Flock & ALPR Cameras in Effingham, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 14 automated license plate readers in and around Effingham — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Effingham in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 16:20 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Effingham
The readers mapped around Effingham break down as 14 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Oct 2025; the most recent in Jun 2026.
- North Keller Drive — 3 readers
- West Fayette Avenue — 2 readers
- North 1000th Street — 2 readers
- South Banker Street — 2 readers
- North Raney Street — 1 reader
- Ford Avenue — 1 reader
- East 1600th Avenue — 1 reader
- West Evergreen Avenue — 1 reader
- I 57 — 1 reader
Effingham IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Effingham IL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 16 other agencies.
Effingham in the Effingham County picture
Effingham County has 25 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #240 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 11.2% nationally. That’s across 34,505 residents and 1,467 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 32.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 14 traffic.
Camera activity around Effingham, last 30 days
4 removed in our hourly change log for Effingham. Latest change logged Aug 24, 2026.
What’s watching Effingham
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 Effingham — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Effingham (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Effingham
- 4 license plate readers reported removed near Effingham, IL
- Teutopolis Village Board rejects Flock cameras
What you can do in Effingham
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 Effingham
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).