Flock & ALPR Cameras in Vadnais Heights, Minnesota
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Vadnais Heights — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 3 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Vadnais Heights, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 2 of them sit inside Vadnais Heights itself.
The rest sit in North Oaks (1).
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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- Oct 6, 2026 On the agenda: Vadnais Heights meeting — Automated License Plate (Oct 6)
- Sep 23, 2026 On the agenda: Vadnais Heights meeting — Automated License Plate (Sep 23)
- Mar 17, 2026 On the agenda: Vadnais Heights meeting — Flock camera (Mar 17)
- Mar 3, 2026 On the agenda: Vadnais Heights meeting — Flock camera (Mar 3)
Every record for this area on the Docket → · nothing is ever deleted.
No new reports near Vadnais Heights in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:15 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Vadnais Heights
The readers mapped around Vadnais Heights break down as 3 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2026; the most recent in May 2026.
- Robb Farm Road — 1 reader
- County Road E East — 1 reader
- US 61 — 1 reader
Vadnais Heights in the Ramsey County picture
Ramsey County has 81 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,569 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 544,438 residents and 1,278 road miles. By road density that is 0.06 cameras per road mile, in the top 9.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic.
What’s watching Vadnais Heights
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 Vadnais Heights — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Vadnais Heights (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Vadnais Heights
- On the agenda: Vadnais Heights meeting — Automated License Plate (Oct 6)
- On the agenda: Vadnais Heights meeting — Automated License Plate (Sep 23)
- On the agenda: Vadnais Heights meeting — Flock camera (Mar 17)
- On the agenda: Vadnais Heights meeting — Flock camera (Mar 3)
What you can do in Vadnais Heights
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 Vadnais Heights
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).