LOCAL SURVEILLANCE · KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS

Kendall County

Kendall County records document a regional KenCom/Flock license-plate-reader project and a Sheriff UAS policy framework. Municipal systems are kept on their own pages so regional or county infrastructure is not automatically counted as equipment owned by a city or village.

MUNICIPALITIES · OFFICIAL BOUNDARIES

Drill down from Kendall County to the municipality.

Kendall County identifies 15 incorporated communities or municipal portions within the county. Several extend into neighboring counties, so NoRec tracks the geographic relationship without treating a county boundary as the ownership boundary for the municipality.

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Kendall County municipality list · Illinois State Archives index · Kendall County GIS municipality layer

COUNTY / REGIONAL SYSTEMS

Documented surveillance infrastructure.

DOCUMENTED

ALPR / regional data sharing

KenCom-coordinated Flock license-plate-reader network

KenCom records document a regional license-plate-reader project built around Flock Safety. Committee records from 2020-2022 describe a shared system, agency memoranda of understanding, audit and monitoring protocols, camera-placement rules, and a countywide deployment. A 2022 Oswego board record states there were ten cameras in Kendall County at that point. NoRec treats that number as historical, not as a current county inventory.

DOCUMENTED

Drones / UAS

Sheriff publishes Unmanned Aerial System policy

The Kendall County Sheriff transparency page publishes an Unmanned Aerial System policy as part of its current transparency materials. This confirms a formal UAS policy framework, but the currently published landing page does not by itself establish the Sheriff’s present aircraft count, models, payloads, or flight volume.

CURRENT COUNT UNRESOLVED

Historical countywide LPR counts are not a 2026 inventory.

KenCom and municipal records establish a shared Flock deployment and show that ten cameras were in Kendall County during the 2022 Oswego board discussion. Plano records from 2025 also confirm multiple Kendall County agencies continued using Flock. NoRec has not yet obtained a current KenCom/Kendall-wide device inventory, current ownership matrix, installation coordinates, sharing configuration, or audit history, so those remain unresolved.

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.

FOIA portal

Kendall County — FOIA postings and online request portal

Official county FOIA hub covering Administration, KenCom, Sheriff, and other county offices.

FOIA portal

Kendall County Sheriff — Records / FOIA

Official Sheriff records page with current FOIA instructions and the online records-request process.

Official record

Kendall County Sheriff — Transparency

Official Sheriff transparency page linking current annual reports and the Unmanned Aerial System policy.

Official record

Kendall County — municipality/community index

Official county list identifying 15 municipalities or municipal portions within Kendall County.

Official record

Illinois State Archives — Kendall County local-government index

State-maintained local-government index used to cross-check Kendall County municipalities.

Official record 2026

Kendall County Yearbook & Government Guide

Official county guide with municipal officials and jurisdiction reference information.

Official record 2020-07

KenCom — 2020 Flock Safety demonstration / regional LPR discussion

Official KenCom Finance Committee record documenting a Flock Safety demonstration and discussion of making KenCom the hub for a shared license-plate-reader system.

Official record 2021-07

KenCom — License Plate Reader project minutes

Official 2021 Finance Committee minutes documenting agency MOUs, audit/monitoring protocols, placement rules, camera-movement rules, and early Flock installations.

Official record 2021-08-26

KenCom — License Plate Reader Committee agenda

Official August 2021 LPR Committee agenda showing continued work on the security and user memorandum of understanding.

NEXT RECORDS

High-value follow-up.

  • Current KenCom/Kendall County Flock inventory by agency, camera ID, ownership, status, and installation location.
  • Current KenCom ALPR MOU, system-monitoring policy, audit protocol, camera-placement policy, and camera-movement policy.
  • Current Sheriff UAS inventory, aircraft make/model/serial, payloads, flight logs, annual reports, and retention practices.
  • Current county and municipal ALPR sharing configuration, hotlists, search/audit logs, and retention settings.
  • Body-worn/in-car camera, fixed-camera, facial-recognition, social-media analytics, and other investigative-system contracts and policies.