Flock & ALPR Cameras in Smithton, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Smithton — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Smithton in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 14:12 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Smithton
The readers mapped around Smithton break down as 1 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Aug 2025.
- Robinson School Road — 1 reader
Smithton in the St. Clair County picture
St. Clair County has 73 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,059 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 254,777 residents and 2,454 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 21.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.
What’s watching Smithton
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 Smithton — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Smithton (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Smithton
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 Smithton
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).