Flock & ALPR Cameras in Machesney Park, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 36 automated license plate readers in and around Machesney Park — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 36 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Machesney Park, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 13 of them sit inside Machesney Park itself.
The rest sit in Harlem Township (12), Rockford (7), Rockford Township (4).
6 of them name an operator in the record: [Loves Park Police Department] (4), Lowe's (2). The operator is who runs the camera, which is not always the local government.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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No new reports near Machesney Park in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 15:29 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Machesney Park
The readers mapped around Machesney Park break down as 30 Flock Safety, 3 Flock, 3 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: [Loves Park Police Department], Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Jul 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- North Perryville Road — 7 readers
- Harlem Road — 4 readers
- East Riverside Boulevard — 4 readers
- North Alpine Road — 3 readers
- North 2nd Street — 3 readers
- North Mulford Road — 2 readers
- Nimtz Road — 2 readers
- Ralston Road — 2 readers
- West Lane Road — 2 readers
- Rockford Township — 2 readers
- Orlando Street — 1 reader
- Mitchell Road — 1 reader
+ 3 more streets and roads mapped around Machesney Park — all on the live map above.
Machesney Park in the Winnebago County picture
Winnebago County has 268 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #120 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 5.6% nationally. That’s across 283,289 residents and 1,719 road miles. By road density that is 0.16 cameras per road mile, in the top 2.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 29 traffic. Operators named on the record: [Loves Park Police Department] (4), Lowe's (2).
Camera activity around Machesney Park, last 30 days
5 removed in our hourly change log for Machesney Park. Latest change logged Aug 25, 2026.
What’s watching Machesney Park
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 Machesney Park — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Machesney Park (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Machesney Park
- 5 license plate readers reported removed near Machesney Park, IL
- Winnebago County Sheriffs Deputies In Machesney Park Get License Plate Readers 439771413
What you can do in Machesney Park
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 Machesney Park
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).