Flock & ALPR Cameras in Wadena, Minnesota
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Wadena — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 1 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Wadena, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside Wadena itself.
The rest sit in Hewitt (1).
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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No new reports near Wadena in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:03 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Wadena
The readers mapped around Wadena break down as 1 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Apr 2026.
- US 71 — 1 reader
Wadena in the Wadena County picture
Wadena County has 0 reported cameras county-wide. That’s across 14,135 residents and 1,369 road miles.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.
What’s watching Wadena
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 Wadena — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Wadena (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Wadena
What you can do in Wadena
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 Wadena
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).