Flock & ALPR Cameras in Springfield, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 33 automated license plate readers in and around Springfield — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Springfield 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 Springfield
The readers mapped around Springfield break down as 34 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jul 2023; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- East Cook Street — 4 readers
- East Ash Street — 3 readers
- North Grand Avenue East — 3 readers
- East Carpenter Street — 3 readers
- North 9th Street — 2 readers
- South Grand Avenue East — 2 readers
- South 6th Street — 2 readers
- South 11th Street — 2 readers
- Clear Lake Avenue — 2 readers
- West Calhoun Avenue — 1 reader
- South Martin Luther King Jr Drive — 1 reader
- North Martin Luther King Jr Drive — 1 reader
+ 8 more streets and roads mapped around Springfield — all on the live map above.
Springfield IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Springfield IL PD runs 135 cameras of its own, has logged 1,266 plate-database searches, has captured 505,125 vehicle records. Its network connects to 22 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Springfield in the Sangamon County picture
Sangamon County has 169 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #154 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 7.2% nationally. That’s across 195,217 residents and 2,258 road miles. By road density that is 0.07 cameras per road mile, in the top 7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 34 traffic. Operators named on the record: Flock Safety (32).
What’s watching Springfield
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 Springfield — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Springfield (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Springfield
- Springfield City Council to consider ShotSpotter renewal - Illinois Times, the capital city's weekly source of news, politics, arts, entertainment, culture
- Chicago seeks to get rid of ShotSpotter technology, same kind used by Springfield Police
- Chicago to stop using the same gunshot detection system Springfield uses
- Spotlight Politics: CPS Elected School Board on Springfield Agenda; Should Chicago Keep ShotSpotter System?
What you can do in Springfield
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 Springfield
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).