LOCAL SURVEILLANCE · EVANSTON, ILLINOIS

Evanston

Evanston has a documented Flock Safety ALPR/camera relationship dating to 2022 and a five-year contract proposal approved through the 2024 municipal process. Current device-level configuration remains a records target.

MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY

Evanston

Cook County · Illinois
Incorporated boundary

DOCUMENTED SYSTEMS

Current and historical surveillance findings.

DOCUMENTED

Automated license plate readers / cameras

Evanston approved a five-year Flock Safety contract beginning in 2024

A January 2024 City Council memorandum recommended extending Evanston’s existing Flock Safety relationship, in place since 2022, with a five-year contract for automatic license-plate readers and cameras at $48,500 per year. Current device count, locations, retention, and sharing configuration remain follow-up targets.

PUBLIC RECORDS · FOIA

Records and official sources.

Primary government records are preferred. Where practical, NoRec keeps a local archival copy alongside the official source so citations remain auditable if a government URL later changes.

Official record 2024-01-08

Evanston — Flock Safety contract memorandum

January 2024 City memorandum recommending a five-year $48,500-per-year Flock contract for ALPRs and cameras, extending a relationship in place since 2022.

Official source

UNRESOLVED

What still needs primary records.

  • Current device inventories, vendors, contracts, locations, policies, retention, sharing, access controls, and audit logs for documented systems.
  • Any additional ALPR, UAS, fixed-camera, facial-recognition, social-media analytics, real-time crime center, in-car video, or investigative-software systems not yet represented here.