Flock & ALPR Cameras in Oak Lawn, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around Oak Lawn — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Oak Lawn in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 22:16 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Oak Lawn
The readers mapped around Oak Lawn break down as 6 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in May 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- West 95th Street — 2 readers
- 103rd Street — 2 readers
- West 93rd Street — 1 reader
- 107th Street — 1 reader
Oak Lawn IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Oak Lawn IL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 23 other agencies.
Oak Lawn in the Cook County picture
Cook County has 1,915 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #823 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 5,185,812 residents and 9,668 road miles. By road density that is 0.20 cameras per road mile, in the top 1.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 6 traffic.
Camera activity around Oak Lawn, last 30 days
4 newly reported in our hourly change log for Oak Lawn. Latest change logged Aug 27, 2026.
What’s watching Oak Lawn
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 Oak Lawn — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Oak Lawn (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Oak Lawn
- Flock Cameras Used To Find Man Who Exposed Himself Near Oak Lawn Elementary School: Police
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Oak Lawn, IL
- Oak Lawn Village Board Approves Purchase Of 42 License Plate Readers
What you can do in Oak Lawn
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.
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Cameras near Oak Lawn
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).