Flock & ALPR Cameras in St. Clair County, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 139 automated license plate readers across St. Clair County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 26 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 25 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 24 Axon Enterprise camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 5 new license plate readers just reported around Collinsville, IL. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Collinsville
How St. Clair County compares nationally
St. Clair County ranks #1,059 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 254,777 residents and 2,454 miles of county roads — 2.8653 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching St. Clair County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside St. Clair County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in St. Clair
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.