{"id":326543,"date":"2026-08-21T10:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/326543\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T10:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:32:10","slug":"will-county-board-approves-flock-cameras-in-mokena-crete-manhattan-frankfort-naperville-and-wilmington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/326543\/","title":{"rendered":"Will County Board approves Flock cameras in Mokena, Crete, Manhattan, Frankfort, Naperville and Wilmington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">WILL COUNTY, Ill.  (WLS) &#8212; More controversial Flock license plate reading cameras are coming to the Chicago area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Will County Board will allow them in Mokena, Crete, Manhattan, Frankfort, Naperville and Wilmington. All of them recently adopted stricter rules and policies for the technology.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/watch\/live\/11064984\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Top Stories<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"iVcn UbGlr ibBnq qdXbA avodi DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE QGHKv HNQqj ICwhc Bkgbl ZLXw kSqqG rEBmF sfsRN \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/parts-nw-indiana-remain-power-week-chicago-area-storms-cause-outages-nipsco-says\/19707240\/\" aria-label=\"Northwest Indiana residents grow frustrated as power outages stretch beyond a week after storms\" aria-describedby=\"NorthwestIndianaresibody\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/19711251_082026-wls-ferris-nwi-outages-10p-vid.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Northwest Indiana residents grow frustrated as power outages stretch beyond a week after storms<\/p>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"iVcn UbGlr ibBnq qdXbA avodi DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE QGHKv HNQqj ICwhc Bkgbl ZLXw kSqqG rEBmF sfsRN \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/humane-indiana-animal-shelter-takes-48-dogs-hoarding-situation-tree-falls-trailer-home-during-nw-storms\/19709323\/\" aria-label=\"Animal shelter takes in 48 dogs after tree falls on trailer home during NW Indiana storms\" aria-describedby=\"Animalsheltertakesinbody\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/19709318_082026-wls-indiana-dogs-one-clean-img.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Animal shelter takes in 48 dogs after tree falls on trailer home during NW Indiana storms<\/p>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"iVcn UbGlr ibBnq qdXbA avodi DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE QGHKv HNQqj ICwhc Bkgbl ZLXw kSqqG rEBmF sfsRN \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/will-county-board-approves-flock-cameras-mokena-crete-manhattan-frankfort-naperville-wilmington\/19712440\/\" aria-label=\"Will County Board approves Flock cameras 2026-08-21T09:47:00.000Z\" aria-describedby=\"WillCountyBoardapprobody details\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/19712493_082126-wls-will-flock-cameras430avo-vid.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Will County Board approves Flock cameras<\/p>\n<p>1 hour ago<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">There have been concerns about alleged misuse of the cameras.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/itasca-police-officer-accused-misusing-flock-license-plate-reader-technology-no-longer-employed-department\/19705221\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RELATED: Itasca police officer accused of misusing Flock technology, no longer employed by department<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">A former Wisconsin sheriff&#8217;s deputy is now charged with using Flock cameras to track a co-worker for personal reasons. In suburban Itasca, an officer is out of a job after allegedly misusing the technology.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WILL COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) &#8212; More controversial Flock license plate reading cameras are coming to the Chicago area.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[122901,75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-326543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-122901","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}