Flock & ALPR Cameras in Harvard, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Harvard — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 22 License plate reader newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Harvard
The readers mapped around Harvard break down as 1 of unrecorded make. Every report here dates to Jun 2026.
- West Airport Road — 1 reader
Harvard in the McHenry County picture
McHenry County has 111 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #867 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 311,366 residents and 1,878 road miles. By road density that is 0.06 cameras per road mile, in the top 10.6% of counties nationally.
What’s watching Harvard
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 Harvard — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Harvard (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Harvard
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 Harvard
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).