Flock & ALPR Cameras in Rock Island, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 9 automated license plate readers in and around Rock Island — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Rock Island in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 19:25 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Rock Island
The readers mapped around Rock Island break down as 9 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Aug 2025; the most recent in Nov 2025.
- 24th Street — 2 readers
- 15th Street — 2 readers
- 18th Avenue — 2 readers
- 31st Avenue — 2 readers
- 2nd Avenue — 1 reader
Rock Island IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Rock Island IL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 75 other agencies.
Rock Island in the Rock Island County picture
Rock Island County has 76 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #468 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 21.9% nationally. That’s across 142,995 residents and 1,328 road miles. By road density that is 0.06 cameras per road mile, in the top 10.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 9 traffic.
What’s watching Rock Island
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 Rock Island — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Rock Island (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Rock Island
- On the agenda: Rock Island City Council Study Session — License Plate Reader (Jul 10)
- In the minutes: Rock Island meeting, automated license plate (Feb 27)
- Location Of All Flock Cameras In Rock Island, Moline, East Moline
What you can do in Rock Island
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 Rock Island
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).