Flock & ALPR Cameras in Faribault, Minnesota
Volunteers have reported 10 automated license plate readers in and around Faribault — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Faribault in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 06:25 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Faribault
The readers mapped around Faribault break down as 10 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Faribault Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Mar 2025; the most recent in Oct 2025.
- Highway 60 West — 2 readers
- Lyndale Avenue South — 1 reader
- 2nd Avenue Northwest — 1 reader
- Willow Street — 1 reader
- Western Avenue Northwest — 1 reader
- Lyndale Avenue North — 1 reader
- 30th Street Northwest — 1 reader
- Kenyon Boulevard — 1 reader
- 7th Street Northwest — 1 reader
Faribault MN PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Faribault MN PD runs 10 cameras of its own, has logged 95 plate-database searches, has captured 135,469 vehicle records. Its network connects to 88 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Aitkin County MN SO, Alexandria MN PD, Ankeny IA PD, Anoka County MN SO, Anoka MN PD, Becker County MN SO, Belle Plaine MN PD, Blaine MN PD.
Faribault in the Rice County picture
Rice County has 10 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,570 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 67,389 residents and 1,368 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 51.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 6 traffic. Operators named on the record: Faribault Police Department (10).
What’s watching Faribault
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 Faribault — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Faribault (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Faribault
- Faribault man accused of stealing city Flock camera
- Faribault man accused of stealing Flock camera and attempting to break it
- Charges: Faribault man stole Flock camera with intention to take it apart
- Vandals hit Flock license plate cameras in Faribault, Duluth, Edina as part of national trend
What you can do in Faribault
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 Faribault
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).