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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Preston, Minnesota

Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Preston — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

Jurisdiction · by recorded street address

The 1 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Preston, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside Preston itself.

The rest sit in Lanesboro (1).

Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.

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Reported cameras nearby
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Live camera map 1 reported cameras around Preston, Minnesota
Every dot is a volunteer-reported license plate reader · map data curated by the DeFlock project · refreshed daily Open the full map →
Camera Watch Recently reported near Preston

No new reports near Preston in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 14:12 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.

Where the cameras are in Preston

The readers mapped around Preston break down as 1 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Aug 2026.

  • Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway — 1 reader

Preston in the Fillmore County picture

Fillmore County has 0 reported cameras county-wide. That’s across 21,346 residents and 1,836 road miles.

Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.

Camera activity around Preston, last 30 days

1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Preston. Latest change logged Aug 17, 2026.

What’s watching Preston

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 Preston — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Preston (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.

What you can do in Preston

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.

Cameras near Preston

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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).