Flock & ALPR Cameras in Plainview, Minnesota
No cameras reported in and around Plainview — yet. That usually means nobody has checked, not that the roads are clear. Be the one who looks.
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Help put Plainview on the map
The camera map is built by volunteers, one report at a time — and nobody has surveyed Plainview yet. ALPRs look like small gray cameras on poles, often solar-powered, near intersections and shopping centers. Spot one? Reporting takes about a minute.
No new reports near Plainview in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 15:25 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Plainview MN PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Plainview MN PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 21 other agencies.
Plainview 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.
Why this page exists
Automated license plate readers are spreading town by town, usually with no public vote — volunteers have already mapped 1,654 across Minnesota. Cameras often arrive quietly in towns exactly like Plainview: a council consent-agenda item, then poles by the grocery store. Learn what they look like, check the roads you drive daily, and this page will update as reports come in.
The latest around Plainview
What you can do in Plainview
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 Plainview
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).