Flock & ALPR Cameras in Winthrop Harbor, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 8 automated license plate readers in and around Winthrop Harbor — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Winthrop Harbor in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 23:02 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Winthrop Harbor
The readers mapped around Winthrop Harbor break down as 2 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2024; the most recent in Jul 2025.
- Russell Road — 1 reader
- Sheridan Road — 1 reader
Winthrop Harbor IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Winthrop Harbor IL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 20 other agencies.
Winthrop Harbor in the Lake County picture
Lake County has 346 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #549 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 711,885 residents and 2,737 road miles. By road density that is 0.13 cameras per road mile, in the top 3.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic. Operators named on the record: Flock Safety (1).
What’s watching Winthrop Harbor
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 Winthrop Harbor — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Winthrop Harbor (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Winthrop Harbor
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.
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Cameras near Winthrop Harbor
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).