Flock & ALPR Cameras in Duluth, Minnesota
No cameras reported in and around Duluth — yet. That usually means nobody has checked, not that the roads are clear. Be the one who looks.
On the record · Contract Canceled
Duluth is on the record here. Duluth, MN chose not to renew its Flock Safety contract. Cited reasons: Public backlash / privacy concerns; Grant-funded 12-month contract ending; Statewide Flock rethink.
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Help put Duluth on the map
The camera map is built by volunteers, one report at a time — and nobody has surveyed Duluth yet. ALPRs look like small gray cameras on poles, often solar-powered, near intersections and shopping centers. Spot one? Reporting takes about a minute.
No new reports near Duluth in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 22:15 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Duluth MN PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Duluth MN PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 6 other agencies.
Duluth in the St. Louis County picture
St. Louis County has 14 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,889 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 200,056 residents and 8,115 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 82.1% of counties nationally.
Why this page exists
Automated license plate readers are spreading town by town, usually with no public vote — volunteers have already mapped 1,654 across Minnesota. Cameras often arrive quietly in towns exactly like Duluth: a council consent-agenda item, then poles by the grocery store. Learn what they look like, check the roads you drive daily, and this page will update as reports come in.
The latest around Duluth
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Duluth, MN
- Duluth becomes Minnesota’s largest community to pull plug on Flock cameras
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Duluth, MN
- Duluth, MN: Contract Canceled
What you can do in Duluth
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.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Duluth
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).