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Palatine has 38 mapped plate readers. 38 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
They were first mapped between Aug 16, 2025 and Oct 21, 2026. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes. Whoever runs it sets how long, within state law.
Flock cameras in Palatine: locations by ZIP code
ZIP 60074 has the most (23), then 60067 (15).
| Where | Maker tag and operator | Facing | First mapped |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near ZIP 60067 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Sep 20, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 60067 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Sep 20, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 60067 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Sep 20, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 60067 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Oct 9, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 60067 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Oct 9, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 60067 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Oct 9, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 60067 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Oct 9, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 60067 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Oct 9, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 60067 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Nov 14, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 60067 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Nov 21, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 60067 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 60067 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-northwest (as mapped) | Mar 14, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 60067 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Mar 26, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 60067 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Apr 6, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 60067 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Aug 20, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 60074 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-northwest (as mapped) | Aug 16, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 60074 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Aug 16, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 60074 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Aug 16, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 60074 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Aug 16, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 60074 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Aug 16, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 60074 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Aug 19, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 60074 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Aug 19, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 60074 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Dec 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 60074 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Dec 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 60074 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 60074 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 60074 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 60074 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Jun 11, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 60074 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Jun 11, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 60074 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Jun 11, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 60074 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Jul 6, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 60074 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Jul 6, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 60074 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Jul 6, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 60074 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Jul 6, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 60074 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Jul 10, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 60074 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-northwest (as mapped) | Aug 2, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 60074 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 60074 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Oct 21, 2026 |
Near you: Flock camera locations near me.
Who runs the Flock cameras in Palatine
None of these say who runs them yet.
What the Flock cameras in Palatine 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 Palatine
The Palatine Police Department’s transparency portal does not list who can search its plate reads (Oct 14, 2026). Its portal says it keeps each read for 30 days.
Palatine Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- 30 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 28
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 60
Its transparency portal, as of Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Get one summary email a month on new plate readers in Palatine
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
When the Flock cameras in Palatine were first mapped
Flock-tagged readers here were first mapped from August 16, 2025 to October 21, 2026. 20 of the 38 were first mapped in 2025, with 7 in August alone.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock cameras near Palatine
Flock cameras in Palatine, IL: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Palatine?
38 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Palatine, IL, as of November 7, 2026.
Where are the Flock cameras in Palatine?
The table lists the most recently mapped ones by ZIP code, and the map shows all of them. ZIP 60074 has the most (23).
Who runs the plate readers in Palatine?
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 Palatine use plate readers?
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Palatine Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Which way does each camera face?
All 38 carry a direction tag, and the map draws each one as a cone.
Know when cameras in Palatine change.
Free email alerts for new plate readers mapped near your places. One summary email a month.
- When a plate reader is first mapped near you
- New cameras mapped or reported near you
- 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 Palatine, 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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