Flock & ALPR Cameras in Hennepin, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Hennepin — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Hennepin in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 14:59 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Hennepin
The readers mapped around Hennepin break down as 5 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Feb 2026; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- 670 North Avenue — 1 reader
- Hennepin — 1 reader
- High Street — 1 reader
- 1900 East Street — 1 reader
- Power Plant Road — 1 reader
Hennepin in the Putnam County picture
Putnam County has 10 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #27 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 1.2% nationally. That’s across 5,600 residents and 503 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 29% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 5 traffic.
What’s watching Hennepin
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 Hennepin — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Hennepin (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Hennepin
- Minneapolis City Council resolution calls on U of M, Hennepin County to ditch Flock cameras
- ACLU files lawsuit against Hennepin County law enforcement over alleged use of facial recognition technology
- Bloomington, Hennepin Co. Sheriff sued over facial recognition
What you can do in Hennepin
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 Hennepin
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).