Flock & ALPR Cameras in Clay County, Minnesota
Volunteers have reported 16 automated license plate readers across Clay County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 16 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 7 new license plate readers just reported around Moorhead, MN. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Moorhead
How Clay County compares nationally
Clay County ranks #1,658 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident.
What’s watching Clay County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Clay County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Clay
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.