Flock & ALPR Cameras in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Volunteers have reported 60 automated license plate readers in and around Minneapolis — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 6 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 16 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Minneapolis
The readers mapped around Minneapolis break down as 31 Insight LPR, 22 Flock Safety, 3 Genetec. Named operators in the reports: Minneapolis Police Department, University of Minnesota Police Department, Minneapolis, MN PD, The Home Depot, Stadium Village Flats. The first camera here was reported in Feb 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- Southeast 10th Avenue — 5 readers
- North Plymouth Avenue — 4 readers
- Lagoon Avenue — 4 readers
- East Franklin Avenue — 3 readers
- Hennepin Avenue South — 3 readers
- West Broadway Avenue — 3 readers
- 4th Street Southeast — 2 readers
- Cedar Avenue South — 2 readers
- Chicago Avenue — 2 readers
- North 1st Avenue — 2 readers
- Southeast University Avenue — 2 readers
- West 22nd Street — 2 readers
+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around Minneapolis — all on the live map above.
Minneapolis in the Hennepin County picture
Hennepin County has 486 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #776 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 1,268,903 residents and 3,422 road miles. By road density that is 0.14 cameras per road mile, in the top 2.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 54 traffic, 3 parking. Operators named on the record: Minneapolis Police Department (31), University of Minnesota Police Department (1), Minneapolis, MN PD (1).
Camera activity around Minneapolis, last 30 days
5 newly reported, 1 removed in our hourly change log for Minneapolis. Latest change logged Sep 5, 2026.
What’s watching Minneapolis
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 Minneapolis — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Minneapolis (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Minneapolis
- 4 new license plate readers reported around Minneapolis, MN
- 12 license plate readers reported removed near Minneapolis, MN
- 4 new license plate readers reported around Minneapolis, MN
- 4 license plate readers reported removed near Minneapolis, MN
What you can do in Minneapolis
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 Minneapolis
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).