Flock & ALPR Cameras in Corcoran, Minnesota
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Corcoran — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Corcoran in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 14:12 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Corcoran
The readers mapped around Corcoran break down as 3 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in May 2025; the most recent in Dec 2025.
- County Road 30 — 1 reader
- Bass Lake Road — 1 reader
- County Road 116 — 1 reader
Corcoran MN PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Corcoran MN PD runs 9 cameras of its own, has logged 14 plate-database searches, has captured 140,347 vehicle records. Its network connects to 34 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Dayton MN PD, Elk River MN PD, Fridley MN PD, Hopkins MN PD, Medina MN PD, Plymouth MN PD, West Hennepin MN Public Safety Department.
Corcoran 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 2 traffic.
What’s watching Corcoran
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 Corcoran — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Corcoran (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Corcoran
What you can do in Corcoran
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 Corcoran
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).