Flock & ALPR Cameras in Newport, Minnesota
Volunteers have reported 29 automated license plate readers in and around Newport — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 29 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Newport, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 14 of them sit inside Newport itself.
The rest sit in Woodbury (12), Cottage Grove (2), Saint Paul Park (1).
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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- Sep 26 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 26 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 26 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 26 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 8 new license plate readers just reported around Newport, MN. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Newport
Where the cameras are in Newport
The readers mapped around Newport break down as 6 Flock Safety, 4 Motorola Solutions. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Bailey Road — 2 readers
- Glen Road — 1 reader
- Woodlane Drive — 1 reader
- Woodbury — 1 reader
- 3rd Street — 1 reader
- 4th Avenue — 1 reader
- Maxwell Avenue — 1 reader
- Hiawatha Pioneer Trail/Disabled American Veterans Highway/Voyageur Highway — 1 reader
- Goodview Avenue South — 1 reader
Newport in the Washington County picture
Washington County has 126 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #603 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 272,298 residents and 2,131 road miles. By road density that is 0.06 cameras per road mile, in the top 10.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 10 traffic.
What’s watching Newport
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 Newport — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Newport (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Newport
- 11 new license plate readers reported around Newport, MN
- 8 new license plate readers reported around Newport, MN
- 4 new license plate readers reported around Newport, MN
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Newport, MN
What you can do in Newport
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 Newport
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).