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Bloomington has 52 mapped license plate readers, listed here by maker tag. The most common maker tag is Flock Safety (21). Most don't say who runs them.
A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes.
Each point shows where a camera stands and which way it faces.
License plate readers in Bloomington: locations by ZIP code
ZIP 61704 has the most (28), then 61701 (24). Mounted on, where known: 15 on poles. 26 of the 52 were first mapped in 2024, with 20 in November alone.
| Where | Maker tag and operator | Facing | First mapped |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near ZIP 61701 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Sep 16, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61701 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Nov 15, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61701 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Nov 15, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61701 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Nov 15, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61701 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Nov 15, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61701 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61701 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Dec 18, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61701 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Dec 18, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61701 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Dec 19, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61701 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Jan 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 61701 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Feb 21, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 61701 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Feb 21, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 61701 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Mar 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 61701 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Mar 16, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 61701 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Mar 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 61701 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Jun 7, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 61701 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Jun 17, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 61701 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Nov 24, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 61701 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Nov 30, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 61701 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Nov 30, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 61701 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 61701 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Jan 12, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 61701 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Mar 2, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 61701 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Nov 12, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Nov 13, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Nov 13, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Nov 13, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Nov 13, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Nov 13, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Nov 15, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Nov 15, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Nov 15, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Nov 15, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Nov 21, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Nov 21, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Nov 22, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Nov 26, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Dec 20, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Dec 20, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Jan 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Jan 12, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Feb 5, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Feb 21, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Mar 1, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Mar 5, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Mar 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Maker not listed yet Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Mar 15, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Apr 1, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 61704 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Nov 2, 2025 |
Plate readers in Bloomington by maker
CamsAhead.comWhat the plate readers in Bloomington keep
- Records
- The plate of each car that passes, with the time and place. Often a photo of the car.
- Run by
- Not listed yet.
- Kept for
- Not published on the map. Each operator sets its own. Flock Safety’s FAQ: “Flock recommends a 7-day default.”
- Who sees it
- Whoever runs it, and those it shares with.
- How to ask
- Read the operator's policy. Or ask the city for its records.
Who can search plate reads in Bloomington
EyesOnFlock lists no transparency portal for the Bloomington Police Department (Oct 14, 2026). It posts no sharing list, so who can search reads from its cameras is not stated. The sharing lists of 271 agencies name it, so it can search their reads.
Bloomington Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- Not stated
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 271
No transparency portal listed, Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
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Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
Plate readers near Bloomington
License plate readers in Bloomington, IL: questions
How many license plate readers are in Bloomington?
52 plate readers are on the map in Bloomington, IL, as of November 7, 2026.
Who runs the plate readers in Bloomington?
None of these plate readers say who runs them yet. Whoever runs each one sets how long it keeps the reads and who can search them, within Illinois law.
Which agencies around Bloomington use plate readers?
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Mclean County Sheriff's Office as an agency that uses plate readers.
Which way does each camera face?
All 52 carry a direction tag, and the map draws each one as a cone.
Camera alerts
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- When a plate reader is first mapped near you
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- What plate readers keep, and who runs them
- Your street, your distance, the camera types you pick
156,883 cameras listed or mapped so far.
Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers in Bloomington, IL, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- Flock Safety FAQ: the default retention quoted in What they keep, read Oct 24, 2026
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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