Flock & ALPR Cameras in Brookings, South Dakota
Volunteers have reported 13 automated license plate readers in and around Brookings — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Brookings in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 00:34 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Brookings
The readers mapped around Brookings break down as 11 Flock Safety, 5 of unrecorded make. The first camera here was reported in Feb 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- 6th Street — 3 readers
- 25th Avenue — 2 readers
- 20th Street South — 2 readers
- 8th Street — 1 reader
- 22nd Avenue — 1 reader
- Medary Avenue — 1 reader
- Recreational Trail — 1 reader
- 8th Street South — 1 reader
- West 6th Street — 1 reader
- Faculty Drive — 1 reader
- 18th Street — 1 reader
- University Boulevard — 1 reader
Brookings SD PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Brookings SD PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 34 other agencies.
Brookings in the Brookings County picture
Brookings County has 15 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #657 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 34,968 residents and 1,529 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 44.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 11 traffic, 4 entrance.
What’s watching Brookings
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 Brookings — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Brookings (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Brookings
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Brookings, SD
- On the agenda: Brookings City Council — Automated License Plate (Sep 22)
- On the agenda: Brookings City Council on 2026-09-22 6:00 PM - Sep 22, 2026 — Automated License Plate (Sep 18)
What you can do in Brookings
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.
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Cameras near Brookings
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).