Flock & ALPR Cameras in Williamson County, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 76 automated license plate readers across Williamson County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 3 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 3 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 3 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 2 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 6 new license plate readers just reported around Murphysboro, IL. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Murphysboro
📷 26 new license plate readers just reported around Murphysboro, IL. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Murphysboro
How Williamson County compares nationally
Williamson County ranks #173 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 8% nationally. The count covers 66,902 residents and 1,163 miles of county roads — 8.221 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Williamson 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 Williamson County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Williamson
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.