Flock & ALPR Cameras in Eagan, Minnesota
Volunteers have reported 14 automated license plate readers in and around Eagan — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Eagan in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:27 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Eagan
The readers mapped around Eagan break down as 14 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Eagan, Flock Safety, The Home Depot. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2024; the most recent in Mar 2026.
- Denmark Avenue — 4 readers
- Cliff Road — 2 readers
- Silver Bell Road — 2 readers
- Diffley Road — 1 reader
- Duckwood Drive — 1 reader
- Nicols Road — 1 reader
- Pilot Knob Road — 1 reader
- Yankee Doodle Road — 1 reader
- Promenade Avenue — 1 reader
Eagan in the Dakota County picture
Dakota County has 92 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,353 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 442,204 residents and 2,052 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 13.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 12 traffic. Operators named on the record: Eagan (6), Flock Safety (1), The Home Depot (1).
Camera activity around Eagan, last 30 days
1 removed in our hourly change log for Eagan. Latest change logged Aug 17, 2026.
What’s watching Eagan
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 Eagan — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Eagan (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Eagan
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 Eagan
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).