Flock & ALPR Cameras in Elk River, Minnesota
Volunteers have reported 21 automated license plate readers in and around Elk River — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Elk River in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 00:33 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Elk River
The readers mapped around Elk River break down as 20 Flock Safety, 1 Genetec. Named operators in the reports: Elk River Police Department, Home Depot, Elk River PD, Elk River Sportsmans Club, Metro Transit. The first camera here was reported in Jul 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Main Street Northwest — 3 readers
- Twin Lakes Road Northwest — 2 readers
- Gary Street — 2 readers
- School Street Northwest — 2 readers
- Zane Street Northwest — 2 readers
- 171st Avenue Northwest — 1 reader
- Joplin Street Northwest — 1 reader
- Elk Lake Road Northwest — 1 reader
- Jackson Street Northwest — 1 reader
- 193rd Avenue Northwest — 1 reader
- Jackson Avenue Northwest — 1 reader
- Proctor Avenue Northwest — 1 reader
+ 3 more streets and roads mapped around Elk River — all on the live map above.
Elk River MN PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Elk River MN PD runs 18 cameras of its own, has logged 54 plate-database searches, has captured 226,003 vehicle records. Its network connects to 73 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Aitkin County MN SO, Alexandria MN PD, Anoka MN PD, Becker County MN SO, Blaine MN PD, Brooklyn Park MN PD, Champlin MN PD, Chisago County MN SO.
Elk River in the Sherburne County picture
Sherburne County has 29 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,040 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 99,178 residents and 1,116 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 23.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 7 traffic, 4 parking, 3 public. Operators named on the record: Elk River Police Department (14), Home Depot (3), Elk River PD (2).
Camera activity around Elk River, last 30 days
1 removed in our hourly change log for Elk River. Latest change logged Aug 31, 2026.
What’s watching Elk River
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 Elk River — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Elk River (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Elk River
What you can do in Elk River
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 Elk River
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).