Flock & ALPR Cameras in Mount Vernon, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 48 automated license plate readers in and around Mount Vernon — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 29 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 21 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 21 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 16 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 12 new license plate readers just reported around Mount Vernon, IL. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #MountVernon
📷 40 new license plate readers just reported around Mount Vernon, IL. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #MountVernon
Where the cameras are in Mount Vernon
The readers mapped around Mount Vernon break down as 3 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Jul 2026.
- Davidson Avenue — 2 readers
- Broadway Street — 1 reader
Mount Vernon in the Jefferson County picture
Jefferson County has 4 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,726 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 36,808 residents and 2,316 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 82.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic.
What’s watching Mount Vernon
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 Mount Vernon — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Mount Vernon (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Mount Vernon
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Mount Vernon, IL
- 10 license plate readers reported removed near Mount Vernon, IL
- 12 new license plate readers reported around Mount Vernon, IL
- 40 new license plate readers reported around Mount Vernon, IL
What you can do in Mount Vernon
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 Mount Vernon
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).