Flock & ALPR Cameras in Grand Forks, North Dakota
Volunteers have reported 12 automated license plate readers in and around Grand Forks — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Grand Forks in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 06:29 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Grand Forks
The readers mapped around Grand Forks break down as 7 Flock Safety, 5 Genetec. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Aug 2025; the most recent in Jan 2026.
- 2nd Avenue North — 4 readers
- 32nd Avenue South — 2 readers
- 31st Street — 1 reader
- South 38th Street — 1 reader
- 36th Avenue South — 1 reader
- 30th Avenue South — 1 reader
- University Avenue — 1 reader
- 24th Avenue South — 1 reader
Grand Forks in the Polk County picture
Polk County has 0 reported cameras county-wide. That’s across 30,905 residents and 4,004 road miles.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 7 traffic, 5 parking_entrance. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (2).
What’s watching Grand Forks
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 Grand Forks — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Grand Forks (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Grand Forks
- MPs to examine privacy implications of facial-recognition technology used by RCMP – Grand Forks Gazette
- West Fargo police make metro's first arrest using automated license plate reader
What you can do in Grand Forks
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 Grand Forks
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).