Flock & ALPR Cameras in Eureka, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around Eureka — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 17 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Eureka
The readers mapped around Eureka break down as 5 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- West Center Street — 1 reader
- US 24 — 1 reader
- IL 117 — 1 reader
- Lake Road — 1 reader
- Reagan Drive — 1 reader
Eureka IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Eureka IL PD runs 8 cameras of its own, has logged 5 plate-database searches, has captured 70,267 vehicle records. Its network connects to 415 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Adams County IL SO, Addison IL PD, Antioch IL PD, Arcola IL PD, Arlington Heights IL PD, Athens IL PD, Attorney General of Illinois - Medicare Fraud Division, Auburn IL PD.
Eureka in the Woodford County picture
Woodford County has 19 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #528 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 24.7% nationally. That’s across 38,348 residents and 1,286 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 35.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic, 1 street.
What’s watching Eureka
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 Eureka — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Eureka (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Eureka
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 Eureka
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).