Flock & ALPR Cameras in Fox Lake, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Fox Lake — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Fox Lake in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 13:01 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Fox Lake
The readers mapped around Fox Lake break down as 3 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jul 2025; the most recent in Sep 2025.
- US 12;IL 59 — 1 reader
- IL 59 — 1 reader
- Devlin Road — 1 reader
Fox Lake IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Fox Lake IL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 34 other agencies.
Fox Lake in the Lake County picture
Lake County has 346 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #549 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 711,885 residents and 2,737 road miles. By road density that is 0.13 cameras per road mile, in the top 3.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic.
What’s watching Fox Lake
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 Fox Lake — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Fox Lake (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Fox Lake
What you can do in Fox Lake
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 Fox Lake
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).