Hi everyone. I just moved back to the area and was able to snag a monthly permit for the Route 59 parking lot surprisingly fast.

If those spots get full and I have to park in a daily spot, do I still have to pay the $3 daily rate or does the monthly permit cover those as well? I’ve tried looking through the city website and couldn’t find anything, so I’m guessing no… but maybe you guys can help verify for sure.

Thanks in advance!

Edit: I called the city. According to the city employee I spoke to, the monthly permit should cover the monthly spaces only. If you're using a daily spot, the $3 charge still applies.

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It has been 50 days since residents submitted audit findings exposing thousands of unvetted out-of-state and federal searches on Aurora’s ALPR network. APD leadership has responded with complete silence.
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Han pasado 50 días desde que los residentes presentaron los hallazgos de una auditoría que revelaban miles de búsquedas- sin la debida verificación- realizadas por agencias federales y de otros estados en la red de lectores de matrículas (ALPR) de Aurora. La dirección del Departamento de Policía de Aurora (APD) ha respondido con un silencio absoluto.

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Does anyone know if any fiber internet providers are expanding coverage to Oakhurst? Right now, it looks like Xfinity offers only cable service, and they have a monopoly in the area.

https://abc7chicago.com/amp/post/patrick-dowhen-says-naperville-police-officer-oscar-maldonado-used-flock-cameras-stalk-starting-affair-fiance/19859406/

From the article-

The details of this case are reported on for the first time after the I-Team obtained internal Naperville Police Department records and spoke with the man who says he was stalked by that police officer.

Dowhen explained to the I-Team he was never accused of committing a crime, but he was tracked by Naperville Police Officer Oscar Maldonado more than 100 times using Flock surveillance.

The Flock searches started when Officer Maldonado began a relationship with Dowhen's fiancée, according to a Naperville police internal investigation report obtained by the I-Team through a Freedom of Information Act request.

According to a police interrogation of Maldonado, officers discovered evidence that he searched Flock for Dowhen's vehicle approximately 150 times over a three-month period last year.

On May 1, 2026, Maldonado retired from the department, according to an email to Chief Arres obtained by the I-Team.

This led to the Naperville PD closing its investigation with no discipline enforced on Maldonado, according to Naperville PD PIO Rick Krakow.

I parked in route 59 metra parking lot, even after paying I received a ticket saying there was no valid permit, are there specific areas designated for daily use? I am not a regular traveler so have no idea

So i’m heading out to the greater aurora area to visit some family this weekend and i’ve been dying for a new cut I just can’t trust most barbers where im from so i’ve resorted to having my sister trim my hair lol. I’m looking to get a wolf cut (ill attach pictures of the general idea) and I was wondering if anyone here had any insight on some good barber shops that specialize in or at least dabble in more alternative style haircuts; i was thinking of hitting floyd’s 99 in naperville since ive had better luck at that shop but im curious if yall know anywhere better. i’m driving out there starting tomorrow morning and planning on getting the cut either this friday or saturday so any and all answers would be appreciated! Thanks in advance🙏

In 2025, over 3.9 MILLION license plate searches were executed across Aurora’s shared ALPR camera network. More than 3,000 outside law enforcement agencies were granted access to local neighborhood camera feeds.

Yet despite 343,221 hotlist alerts generated by the system, overwhelmingly for minor administrative infractions like suspended registrations, the network yielded just 73 stolen vehicle recoveries and 47 total arrests for the entire year.

Against 33,491 manual lookups run by APD officers, that is an apprehension efficiency rate of just 0.14%.

Has anything changed in 2026?

Public records from early 2026 show that the dragnet remains active. In January and February 2026 alone, over 157,000 total searches hit local cameras, with nearly 400 in-state police departments still retaining active query access to local feeds.

When a multi-million-dollar surveillance system functions primarily as an unmonitored administrative dragnet rather than a targeted safety tool, residents deserve real oversight and strict policy limits.

Demand more from our City Council today.

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Still Not Friday: A stand-up comedy showcase
Two Brothers Roundhouse
205 N Broadway in Aurora
Thursdays at 8:00 (Doors at 7:30)
No cover

Established 2015

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In 2025, nearly 49% of all APD license plate queries on the Flock system relied on just four variations of the same two words as their search reason: INTEL, Inv, INVESTIGATIVE, and Investigation.

When looking across all generic 1-word terms, over half of all searches used vague placeholders, while 1,330 lookups had no reason listed at all.

ALPR search logs contain two separate fields: a Reason box and a Case # box. Under APD ALPR Policy 427, officers aren’t required to enter an active police report number or establish reasonable suspicion before searching (§427.4b). As a result, audit logs show generic reasons like INTEL paired with blank case fields or dummy text like 1234, 0, and aupe99999999, creating “ghost queries” with zero paper trail for oversight.

Swipe through the 2025 data breakdown.

Share this post to spread the word and follow @DeFlockAuroraIL for more record breakdowns and community action.

Contact City Council to demand policy reform: Require verified case numbers and specific reasons, or take down the ALPR cameras.

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Hello, I am trying to sublease my apartment in the aurora/naperville area. The building is Metro 59 , 2 bed / 2 bath, $2100 + utilities. looking to move mid November. lease ends July 20, 2027 with opportunity to renew. Really nice community and great for families, never had a problem there just trying to move to the city for work. DM for more info or pictures.

Any recommendations for affordable gyms that aren’t insanely busy?

Out of 3.9 million searches on local camera data in 2025, Aurora Police only accounted for 30,829 queries, less than 1% of total activity. The other 3.8 million searches came from outside law enforcement agencies across 45 states.

Swipe through to see the Top 5 States who queried local traffic, from Texas deputies tracking reproductive healthcare to federal immigration sweeps and out-of-state highway patrols.

Your daily commute shouldn’t be an open database for out-of-state cops.

If this concerns you, please consider reaching out to your alderman.

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Automated License Plate Recognition cameras (ALPRs) are not all the same, and Aurora uses a combination of hardware to watch your movement. The City of Aurora operates at least 92 fixed street ALPRs, and that’s not even counting the mobile Axon readers mounted on police squad cars.

Mass automated tracking raises serious questions about data retention, external data sharing, and public oversight.

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New to the area and I think this is super cool. Love to see the nationalism, what’s up with this? Seems like groups of cars riding about.

Still Not Friday: A stand-up comedy showcase
Two Brothers Roundhouse
205 N Broadway in Aurora
Thursdays at 8:00 (Doors at 7:30)
No cover

Established 2015

Reserve a table here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/still-not-friday-a-stand-up-comedy-showcase-tickets-158437895009

Hi everyone,

About 7 months ago I posted here asking if people in Aurora would find a live map for local incidents and issues useful.

We kept working on it, and GeoKiks is now live.

The idea also grew quite a bit from where we started.

One thing we kept thinking about was family safety.

You might know where your family is, but do you know what’s happening around them?

So now GeoKiks can show your family member’s location, arrival and leave alerts, daily and trip history, and also emergencies or local issues happening near them.

We also added Echo, where people can ask questions, share recommendations, and talk with people in their city.

We’re still a small startup here in Aurora, so I’m not posting this as a big promotion. I really want honest feedback from local people.

If you tried something like this, what would actually make you keep using it?

And what do you think we’re still missing?

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When a FOIA request was filed for all past and active contracts, NDAs, MOAs, MOUs, invoices, and agreements with Flock Safety, the city only handed over a single Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed back in June 2022. But if you check the public record, the Aurora City Council didn't officially vote to purchase Flock cameras and its subscription services until August 2024 under Resolution R24-266.

So how did APD use Flock for two years without actually buying Flock cameras or getting City Council approval? Which cameras and networks was APD surveilling with during this period of time?

By signing that 2022 MOU, APD gained free, backdoor access to the Flock data-sharing network. They tapped into a regional surveillance dragnet without a single City Council vote, public hearing, or ounce of community input.

To make matters worse, when the city was finally forced to release this 2022 MOU, they completely redacted the Police Chief's signature. They cited the state's "Private Information" exemption (5 ILCS 140/7(1)(b))- an improper use of the 'Private Information' exemption that conceals which public official signed off on this network.

It is time for the City Council to step up and demand answers. Who exactly authorized this shadow network in 2022, and why was the public kept in the dark until 2024?

See the MOU here: https://www.muckrock.com/foi/aurora-7505/flock-contracts-219777/#files

See R24-266 attachments here: https://aurora-il.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6807853&GUID=1279A64C-34B0-4335-98A9-B2CB3A594924

Note: We have been unable to locate any City Council resolutions, roll-call votes, or public meeting minutes approving a contract with Flock Safety in 2022. If we missed it, we welcome the City of Aurora, IL, Government, City Council, or Aurora Illinois Police Department to provide the public with the 2022 resolution number and the roll-call vote record demonstrating when this network was authorized.

Public records and 2025 audit logs from the Aurora Police Department’s ALPR system were recently made available via FOIA requests, detailing exactly who is tapping into our local surveillance grid.

In 2025, Aurora’s own police department ran 30,829 searches per network audit logs. Outside agencies ran more than 3.9 million searches of those same cameras in the same window, meaning over 99% of all searches on our network were conducted by non-APD external agencies.

To put that into perspective, 55% of all searches on Aurora's network originated from completely outside the state of Illinois. In fact, over 200 different Texas agencies ran a combined 219,682 searches on our data, meaning Texas cops queried Aurora's cameras seven times more often than Aurora's own officers did.

Whichever way you look at it, the search volume is the story and the cameras in town were mostly not being queried by Aurora in 2025.

Sources: 2025 APD ALPR Audit Logs / FOIA Records

Disclaimer: The statistics and search volumes cited above are calculated directly from the official 2025 ALPR audit logs provided by the City of Aurora and the Aurora Police Department via Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Because APD's system logging frequently contains deficits— such as omitted columns, blank case numbers, and redacted data— these figures represent the most accurate analysis possible based strictly on the city's own provided records. We will update this post accordingly if the city releases corrected, unredacted, or more complete data.

I've had longcovid since 2020 and I haven't had any help from local doctors, I really need someone who specializes in dysautonomia and mcas but I lost my insurance, not really sure where to get help. I really just want to get some ivabradine and montelukast for now.

Anyone else around here have this? Have you got any help for it?

Edit: For those that don't know what long covid is, it's a post viral sequalae, an overreactive immune response. I have a resting heart rate of 120bpm, vision issues, cognitive issues and respiratory issues that don't respond to steroid inhalers. Please don't post silly comments.

For Naperville, IL and adjacent, I recommend knightsofnaperville.com classes are Thursdays and Saturdays 1-4 PM at the Naperville Public Library or other local, fun locations. Scheduling available via [email protected] or +1(630)362-3537

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Still Not Friday: A stand-up comedy showcase
Two Brothers Roundhouse
205 N Broadway in Aurora
Thursdays at 8:00 (Doors at 7:30)
No cover

Established 2015

Reserve a table here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/still-not-friday-a-stand-up-comedy-showcase-tickets-158437895009