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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

Volunteers have reported 11 automated license plate readers in and around Brooklyn Park — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

On the record · Contract Canceled

Brooklyn Park is on the record here. Brooklyn Park canceled their Flock contract “due to concerns over customer support and poor data sharing protocols.”

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Reported cameras nearby
#40
of 198 Minnesota cities tracked
0.7%
of Minnesota’s reported cameras
Live camera map 11 reported cameras around Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
Every dot is a volunteer-reported license plate reader · map data curated by the DeFlock project · refreshed daily Open the full map →
Camera Watch Recently reported near Brooklyn Park

No new reports near Brooklyn Park in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:28 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.

Where the cameras are in Brooklyn Park

The readers mapped around Brooklyn Park break down as 11 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: The Home Depot. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.

  • Zane Avenue North — 3 readers
  • 73rd Avenue North — 2 readers
  • 72nd Lane North — 2 readers
  • Boone Avenue North — 2 readers
  • Brookdale Drive North — 1 reader
  • Regent Avenue North — 1 reader

Brooklyn Park MN PD and the sharing network

Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Brooklyn Park MN PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 69 other agencies.

Connected agencies include: Aitkin County MN SO, Alexandria MN PD, Anoka County MN SO, Anoka MN PD, Becker County MN SO, Blaine MN PD, Brooklyn Center MN PD, Champlin MN PD.

Brooklyn Park in the Hennepin County picture

Hennepin County has 486 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #776 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 1,268,903 residents and 3,422 road miles. By road density that is 0.14 cameras per road mile, in the top 2.8% of counties nationally.

Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 11 traffic. Operators named on the record: The Home Depot (1).

Camera activity around Brooklyn Park, last 30 days

1 newly reported, 1 removed in our hourly change log for Brooklyn Park. Latest change logged Aug 19, 2026.

What’s watching Brooklyn Park

These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Brooklyn Park — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Brooklyn Park (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.

The latest around Brooklyn Park

What you can do in Brooklyn Park

Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.

Cameras near Brooklyn Park

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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).