Flock & ALPR Cameras in Sumner, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Sumner — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Sumner in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 20:42 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Sumner
The readers mapped around Sumner break down as 1 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Nov 2025.
- 1100N — 1 reader
Sumner in the Lawrence County picture
Lawrence County has 4 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,128 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 15,137 residents and 1,316 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 72.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.
What’s watching Sumner
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 Sumner — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Sumner (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Sumner
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 Sumner
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).