Flock & ALPR Cameras in Winona, Minnesota
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Winona — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Contract Canceled
Winona is on the record here. Winona, MN terminated its Flock Safety contract covering 8 cameras. Cited reasons: Community trust / policing legitimacy; Cameras stolen/vandalized; Public backlash.
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No new reports near Winona in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 01:07 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Winona MN PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Winona MN PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 69 other agencies.
Winona in the Winona County picture
Winona County has 8 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,523 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 49,705 residents and 1,442 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 58.3% of counties nationally.
What’s watching Winona
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 Winona — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Winona (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Winona
- 4 license plate readers reported removed near Winona, MN
- Reports piling up of vandals hitting Flock cameras in Minnesota cities, 8 in Winona and 6 in Edina
- Flock cameras sawed off and stolen in Winona, Minnesota
- Winona, MN: Contract Canceled
What you can do in Winona
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 Winona
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).