Flock & ALPR Cameras in Skokie, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Skokie — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 5, 2026 On the agenda: Skokie meeting — ALPR (Oct 5)
- Sep 22, 2026 Skokie — meeting Sep 22, 2026
- Sep 22, 2026 On the agenda: Skokie meeting — Flock camera (Sep 22)
- Jul 20, 2026 In the minutes: Skokie meeting, Flock Safety (Jul 20)
Every record for this area on the Docket → · nothing is ever deleted.
No new reports near Skokie in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 16:21 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Skokie
The readers mapped around Skokie break down as 5 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Aug 2023; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Oakton Street — 2 readers
- Lavergne Avenue — 1 reader
- Main Street — 1 reader
- Skokie Boulevard — 1 reader
Skokie IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Skokie IL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 102 other agencies.
Skokie 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 3 traffic. Operators named on the record: Flock Safety (1).
Camera activity around Skokie, last 30 days
1 newly reported, 1 removed in our hourly change log for Skokie. Latest change logged Sep 6, 2026.
What’s watching Skokie
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 Skokie — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Skokie (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Skokie
- On the agenda: Skokie meeting — ALPR (Oct 5)
- Skokie to review Flock camera use following nationwide misuse
- Skokie calls for review of Flock cameras following national surge of misuse
- On the agenda: Skokie meeting — Flock camera (Sep 22)
What you can do in Skokie
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 Skokie
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).