Flock & ALPR Cameras in Oblong, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Oblong — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Oblong in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 19:39 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Oblong
The readers mapped around Oblong break down as 3 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Nov 2025.
- IL 33 — 2 readers
- North 1100th Avenue — 1 reader
Oblong in the Crawford County picture
Crawford County has 9 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #553 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 18,588 residents and 1,103 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 48.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic.
What’s watching Oblong
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 Oblong — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Oblong (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Oblong
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 Oblong
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).