Flock & ALPR Cameras in Jacksonville, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 7 automated license plate readers in and around Jacksonville — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Jacksonville in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 21:32 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Jacksonville
The readers mapped around Jacksonville break down as 7 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- West Morton Avenue — 2 readers
- Lincoln Avenue — 1 reader
- North Main Street — 1 reader
- Houghland Boulevard — 1 reader
- Pearl Street — 1 reader
- West Independence Avenue — 1 reader
Jacksonville IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Jacksonville IL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 101 other agencies.
Jacksonville in the Morgan County picture
Morgan County has 6 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,443 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 32,621 residents and 1,227 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 61% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 7 traffic.
Camera activity around Jacksonville, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Jacksonville. Latest change logged Aug 30, 2026.
What’s watching Jacksonville
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 Jacksonville — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Jacksonville (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Jacksonville
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Jacksonville, IL
- Illinois orders end to Customs and Border Protection access to license plate readers in state
What you can do in Jacksonville
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 Jacksonville
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).