Flock & ALPR Cameras in Shakopee, Minnesota
Volunteers have reported 16 automated license plate readers in and around Shakopee — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 16 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Shakopee, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 13 of them sit inside Shakopee itself.
The rest sit in Jackson Township (3).
2 of them name an operator in the record: Shakopee (1), Shakopee Police (1). The operator is who runs the camera, which is not always the local government.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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- Oct 3 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 3 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 11 License plate reader newly reported
- Sep 11 License plate reader newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Shakopee
The readers mapped around Shakopee break down as 11 Flock Safety, 3 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: Shakopee, Shakopee Police. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- Shakopee — 3 readers
- Gateway Drive — 3 readers
- Canterbury Access Road — 2 readers
- 17th Avenue East — 1 reader
- Canterbury Road — 1 reader
- Zumbro Avenue — 1 reader
- Innovation Boulevard — 1 reader
- US 169 — 1 reader
- Disc Drive — 1 reader
Shakopee MN Police Department and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Shakopee MN Police Department appears in the sharing network with connections to 1 other agencies.
Shakopee in the Scott County picture
Scott County has 34 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,299 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 152,957 residents and 1,085 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 20.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 11 traffic. Operators named on the record: Shakopee (1), Shakopee Police (1).
Camera activity around Shakopee, last 30 days
7 newly reported, 1 removed in our hourly change log for Shakopee. Latest change logged Sep 11, 2026.
What’s watching Shakopee
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 Shakopee — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Shakopee (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Shakopee
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Shakopee, MN
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Shakopee, MN
- Shakopee defends Flock cameras amid backlash
- Shakopee leaders discuss Flock cameras, while a state lawmaker pushes for tougher rules
What you can do in Shakopee
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 Shakopee
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).