Flock & ALPR Cameras in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Volunteers have reported 67 automated license plate readers in and around Sioux Falls — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 6 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 6 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 6 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 6 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 13 new license plate readers just reported around Sioux Falls, SD. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #SiouxFalls
Where the cameras are in Sioux Falls
The readers mapped around Sioux Falls break down as 45 Flock Safety, 3 of unrecorded make. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2024; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- West 41st Street — 6 readers
- South Western Avenue — 4 readers
- East 10th Street — 3 readers
- West 12th Street — 3 readers
- South Lorraine Drive — 2 readers
- South Minnesota Avenue — 2 readers
- South Louise Avenue — 2 readers
- West 14th Street — 2 readers
- West Russell Street — 2 readers
- East 26th Street — 2 readers
- West 11th Street — 2 readers
- South Cliff Avenue — 1 reader
+ 17 more streets and roads mapped around Sioux Falls — all on the live map above.
Sioux Falls SD PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Sioux Falls SD PD runs 25 cameras of its own, has logged 482 plate-database searches, has captured 459,804 vehicle records. Its network connects to 20 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Sioux Falls in the Minnehaha County picture
Minnehaha County has 44 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,310 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 200,689 residents and 1,533 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 22.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 38 traffic, 4 parking.
Camera activity around Sioux Falls, last 30 days
4 newly reported in our hourly change log for Sioux Falls. Latest change logged Sep 2, 2026.
What’s watching Sioux Falls
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 Sioux Falls — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Sioux Falls (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Sioux Falls
- 13 new license plate readers reported around Sioux Falls, SD
- 4 new license plate readers reported around Sioux Falls, SD
- Flock cameras in Sioux Falls may be poised to stay beyond pilot program
- Sioux Falls community shares concerns about Flock cameras
What you can do in Sioux Falls
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 Sioux Falls
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).