License plate readers in Ottawa, IL
Volunteers have documented 13 automated license plate readers inside Ottawa. That is the 128th-largest total among the 182 Illinois cities indexed here, and 0.2% of the statewide total. Its 0.9 readers per square mile spread across 14.9 square miles — thinner coverage than 81% of the 2,430 cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit. Every mount volunteers recorded here is the same kind: poles.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed October 4, 2026.
13
readers documented
0.9
per square mile
128th
of 182 indexed Illinois cities · 1,836th of 2,430 nationally
0.2%
of Illinois’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 13 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Flock Safety (6). All 719 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (7)
- Coverage area
- 14.9 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · Illinois's ALPR statute
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