Flock & ALPR Cameras in Fulton, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 7 automated license plate readers in and around Fulton — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Fulton in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 12:06 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Fulton
The readers mapped around Fulton break down as 4 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Feb 2025; the most recent in May 2026.
- Waller Road — 1 reader
- Penrose Road — 1 reader
- 14th Avenue — 1 reader
- County Highway 36 — 1 reader
Fulton IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Fulton IL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 81 other agencies.
Fulton in the Whiteside County picture
Whiteside County has 26 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #584 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 55,192 residents and 1,403 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 30.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 4 traffic.
What’s watching Fulton
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 Fulton — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Fulton (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Fulton
What you can do in Fulton
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 Fulton
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).