Flock & ALPR Cameras in North Branch, Minnesota
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around North Branch — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Paused
North Branch is on the record here. North Branch, MN paused its Flock Safety program covering 3 cameras. Cited reasons: Public backlash / mass-surveillance concerns; Pre-activation pause; Council vote to remove indefinitely.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 1 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of North Branch, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside North Branch itself.
The rest sit in North Branch Township (1).
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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No new reports near North Branch in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:38 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in North Branch
The readers mapped around North Branch break down as 1 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to May 2026.
- Highway 95 Northeast — 1 reader
North Branch in the Chisago County picture
Chisago County has 26 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #617 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 57,434 residents and 1,126 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 26.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.
What’s watching North Branch
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 North Branch — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to North Branch (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around North Branch
- North Branch terminates Flock camera contract
- North Branch puts Flock cameras in neutral
- Flock Camera program paused in North Branch, Minnesota
- North Branch hits brakes on Flock cameras
What you can do in North Branch
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 North Branch
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).