Flock & ALPR Cameras in Madison County, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 190 automated license plate readers across Madison County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 5 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 27 Genetec camera newly reported
- Sep 27 Genetec camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 5 new license plate readers just reported around Collinsville, IL. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Collinsville
How Madison County compares nationally
Madison County ranks #858 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 264,631 residents and 2,309 miles of county roads — 3.5899 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Madison 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 Madison County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
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What you can do in Madison
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.