Flock & ALPR Cameras in Marion, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 31 automated license plate readers in and around Marion — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Marion in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 12:27 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Marion
The readers mapped around Marion break down as 25 Flock Safety, 2 Rekor, 2 Leonardo. The first camera here was reported in Jul 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- East College Street — 8 readers
- West Deyoung Street — 4 readers
- West Main Street — 4 readers
- IL 13 — 3 readers
- South Court Street — 2 readers
- Morgan Avenue — 2 readers
- Skyline Drive — 2 readers
- West Longstreet Road — 1 reader
- Paula Drive — 1 reader
- The Hill Avenue — 1 reader
- Fairmont Homes Drive — 1 reader
- Ken Gray Expressway — 1 reader
+ 3 more streets and roads mapped around Marion — all on the live map above.
Marion IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Marion IL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 102 other agencies.
Marion in the Williamson County picture
Williamson County has 55 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #173 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 8% nationally. That’s across 66,902 residents and 1,163 road miles. By road density that is 0.05 cameras per road mile, in the top 12.9% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 21 traffic.
What’s watching Marion
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 Marion — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Marion (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Marion
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Marion, IL
- 12 new license plate readers reported around Marion, IL
What you can do in Marion
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 Marion
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).