Flock & ALPR Cameras in Mackinaw, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Mackinaw — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Mackinaw 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 Mackinaw
The readers mapped around Mackinaw break down as 3 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Dec 2025.
- IL 9 — 2 readers
- Dee Mac Road — 1 reader
Mackinaw IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Mackinaw IL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 49 other agencies.
Mackinaw in the Tazewell County picture
Tazewell County has 106 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #181 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 8.4% nationally. That’s across 130,555 residents and 2,205 road miles. By road density that is 0.05 cameras per road mile, in the top 12.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.
What’s watching Mackinaw
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 Mackinaw — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Mackinaw (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Mackinaw
What you can do in Mackinaw
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 Mackinaw
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).