Flock & ALPR Cameras in Madison, Illinois
No cameras reported in and around Madison — yet. That usually means nobody has checked, not that the roads are clear. Be the one who looks.
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Help put Madison on the map
The camera map is built by volunteers, one report at a time — and nobody has surveyed Madison yet. ALPRs look like small gray cameras on poles, often solar-powered, near intersections and shopping centers. Spot one? Reporting takes about a minute.
Madison County, IL — Transportation Committee 2026-10-07
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No new reports near Madison in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 6, 00:40 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Madison in the Madison County picture
Madison County has 95 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #858 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 264,631 residents and 2,309 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 15.3% of counties nationally.
Why this page exists
Automated license plate readers are spreading town by town, usually with no public vote — volunteers have already mapped 8,051 across Illinois. Cameras often arrive quietly in towns exactly like Madison: a council consent-agenda item, then poles by the grocery store. Learn what they look like, check the roads you drive daily, and this page will update as reports come in.
The latest around Madison
What you can do in Madison
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 Madison
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).