Flock & ALPR Cameras in Richmond, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 7 automated license plate readers in and around Richmond — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Richmond in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:27 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Richmond
The readers mapped around Richmond break down as 8 Flock Safety, 1 Motorola Solutions. The first camera here was reported in Feb 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- US 12 — 3 readers
- Richmond — 2 readers
- Kenosha Street — 2 readers
- Richmond Road — 1 reader
- North Main Street — 1 reader
Richmond IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Richmond IL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 28 other agencies.
Richmond in the McHenry County picture
McHenry County has 111 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #867 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 311,366 residents and 1,878 road miles. By road density that is 0.06 cameras per road mile, in the top 10.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 8 traffic.
What’s watching Richmond
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 Richmond — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Richmond (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Richmond
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 Richmond
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).