Flock & ALPR Cameras in Lake City, Minnesota
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Lake City — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Lake City in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 01:08 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Lake City
The readers mapped around Lake City break down as 3 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Lake City Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2025; the most recent in Feb 2026.
- Route 61/Route 63 — 1 reader
- Route 61 — 1 reader
- West Lyon Avenue — 1 reader
Lake City MN PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Lake City MN PD runs 3 cameras of its own, has logged 19 plate-database searches, has captured 72,378 vehicle records. Its network connects to 474 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Adams County WI SO, Adrian MI PD, Aitkin County MN SO, Albion MI DPS, Alexandria MN PD, Allen County IN SO, AR - Alma PD, Alpena County MI SO.
Lake City in the Wabasha County picture
Wabasha County has 5 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,249 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 21,519 residents and 1,254 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 66% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lake City Police Department (2).
What’s watching Lake City
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 Lake City — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Lake City (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Lake City
- On the agenda: Lake City City Council - Jun 09, 2025 — license plate reader (Jun 9)
- Lakeville City Council Approves Citywide License Plate Reader Camera Network
What you can do in Lake City
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 Lake City
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).