Flock & ALPR Cameras in Kane County, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 332 automated license plate readers across Kane County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 6 License plate reader newly reported
- Sep 30 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 27 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 25 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 14 new license plate readers just reported around Elgin, IL. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Elgin
📷 24 new license plate readers just reported around Elgin, IL. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Elgin
How Kane County compares nationally
Kane County ranks #988 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 516,097 residents and 1,989 miles of county roads — 3.1002 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Kane County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Kane County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
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What you can do in Kane
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.