Flock & ALPR Cameras in Saint Francis, Minnesota
No cameras reported in and around Saint Francis — yet. That usually means nobody has checked, not that the roads are clear. Be the one who looks.
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Help put Saint Francis on the map
The camera map is built by volunteers, one report at a time — and nobody has surveyed Saint Francis 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 Saint Francis in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 08:31 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Saint Francis in the Anoka County picture
Anoka County has 137 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #810 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 367,095 residents and 2,400 road miles. By road density that is 0.06 cameras per road mile, in the top 10.8% of counties nationally.
Camera activity around Saint Francis, last 30 days
1 removed in our hourly change log for Saint Francis. Latest change logged Sep 11, 2026.
Why this page exists
Automated license plate readers are spreading town by town, usually with no public vote — volunteers have already mapped 1,652 across Minnesota. Cameras often arrive quietly in towns exactly like Saint Francis: 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.
What you can do in Saint Francis
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 Saint Francis
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).