Flock & ALPR Cameras in Tonka Bay, Minnesota
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Tonka Bay — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Tonka Bay in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 15:00 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Tonka Bay
The readers mapped around Tonka Bay break down as 1 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: South Lake Minnetonka PD. Every report here dates to Sep 2025.
- Circle Road — 1 reader
Tonka Bay in the Hennepin County picture
Hennepin County has 486 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #776 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 1,268,903 residents and 3,422 road miles. By road density that is 0.14 cameras per road mile, in the top 2.8% of counties nationally.
Operators named on the record: South Lake Minnetonka PD (1).
What’s watching Tonka Bay
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 Tonka Bay — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Tonka Bay (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Tonka Bay
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 Tonka Bay
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).