Flock & ALPR Cameras in Ramsey County, Minnesota
Volunteers have reported 139 automated license plate readers across Ramsey County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 6 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 21 new license plate readers just reported around Woodbury, MN. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Woodbury
📷 8 new license plate readers just reported around Cottage Grove, MN. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #CottageGrove
📷 41 new license plate readers just reported around Cottage Grove, MN. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #CottageGrove
How Ramsey County compares nationally
Ramsey County ranks #1,569 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 544,438 residents and 1,278 miles of county roads — 1.4878 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Ramsey County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Ramsey County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Ramsey
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.