Flock & ALPR Cameras in Buffalo, Minnesota
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Buffalo — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Buffalo in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 11:09 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Buffalo
The readers mapped around Buffalo break down as 2 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Wright County Sheriffs Office. The first camera here was reported in Mar 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- State Highway 25 — 1 reader
- Pulaski Road — 1 reader
Buffalo in the Wright County picture
Wright County has 10 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,897 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 145,270 residents and 1,940 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 59.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic. Operators named on the record: Wright County Sheriffs Office (2).
What’s watching Buffalo
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 Buffalo — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Buffalo (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Buffalo
What you can do in Buffalo
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.
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Cameras near Buffalo
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).