Flock & ALPR Cameras in Mankato, Minnesota
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Mankato — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Mankato in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 14:59 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Mankato
The readers mapped around Mankato break down as 3 Flock Safety, 2 Motorola Solutions. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Dec 2025.
- US 14;MN 60 — 2 readers
- Premier Drive — 2 readers
- Raintree Road — 1 reader
Mankato in the Blue Earth County picture
Blue Earth County has 11 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,532 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 69,386 residents and 2,203 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 60.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 5 traffic.
What’s watching Mankato
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 Mankato — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Mankato (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Mankato
- 5 license plate readers reported removed near Mankato, MN
- Eden Prairie Police Department license plate reader helps locate stolen Mankato vehicle | Eden Prairie
What you can do in Mankato
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 Mankato
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).