Flock & ALPR Cameras in Murphysboro, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 40 automated license plate readers in and around Murphysboro — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 2 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Oct 2 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Oct 2 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Oct 2 Axis Communications camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 6 new license plate readers just reported around Murphysboro, IL. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Murphysboro
📷 26 new license plate readers just reported around Murphysboro, IL. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Murphysboro
Where the cameras are in Murphysboro
The readers mapped around Murphysboro break down as 34 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- West Main Street — 13 readers
- Walnut Street — 5 readers
- North 2nd Street — 5 readers
- South Williams Street — 2 readers
- East Industrial Park Road — 2 readers
- West Industrial Park Road — 2 readers
- South 5th Street — 1 reader
- Health Department Road — 1 reader
- Country Club Road — 1 reader
- Watson Road — 1 reader
- IL 149 — 1 reader
Murphysboro IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Murphysboro IL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 21 other agencies.
Murphysboro in the Jackson County picture
Jackson County has 25 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #577 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 52,706 residents and 1,414 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 31.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 28 traffic.
Camera activity around Murphysboro, last 30 days
26 newly reported in our hourly change log for Murphysboro. Latest change logged Aug 26, 2026.
What’s watching Murphysboro
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 Murphysboro — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Murphysboro (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Murphysboro
- 6 new license plate readers reported around Murphysboro, IL
- 26 new license plate readers reported around Murphysboro, IL
What you can do in Murphysboro
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 Murphysboro
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).