Flock & ALPR Cameras in Metamora, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around Metamora — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Metamora in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 03:19 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Metamora
The readers mapped around Metamora break down as 6 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- South Douglas Street — 2 readers
- North Niles Street — 1 reader
- State Route 116 — 1 reader
- West Mount Vernon Street — 1 reader
- Santa Fe Trail — 1 reader
Metamora IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Metamora IL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 11 other agencies.
Metamora in the Woodford County picture
Woodford County has 19 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #528 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 24.7% nationally. That’s across 38,348 residents and 1,286 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 35.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 6 traffic.
What’s watching Metamora
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 Metamora — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Metamora (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Metamora
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 Metamora
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).