Flock & ALPR Cameras in Johnsburg, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Johnsburg — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Johnsburg 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 Johnsburg
The readers mapped around Johnsburg break down as 2 Flock Safety, 1 Axon Enterprise. The first camera here was reported in May 2025; the most recent in Jan 2026.
- North Chapel Hill Road — 1 reader
- Johnsburg Road — 1 reader
- Bay Road — 1 reader
Johnsburg IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Johnsburg IL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 24 other agencies.
Johnsburg 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.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic.
What’s watching Johnsburg
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 Johnsburg — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Johnsburg (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Johnsburg
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 Johnsburg
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).