Flock & ALPR Cameras in Summerset, South Dakota
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Summerset — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Summerset in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 22:05 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Summerset
The readers mapped around Summerset break down as 5 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2026; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Sturgis Road — 2 readers
- Sun Valley Drive — 1 reader
- Glenwood Drive — 1 reader
- Stage Stop Road — 1 reader
Summerset SD PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Summerset SD PD runs 5 cameras of its own, has logged 36 plate-database searches, has captured 26,388 vehicle records. Its network connects to 550 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Acworth GA PD, Ada County ID SO, Adairville KY PD, Adams County IL SO, Adams County WA SO, Adrian MI PD, Alabama Department of Corrections, Alcoa TN PD.
Summerset in the Meade County picture
Meade County has 1 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #2,076 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 30,297 residents and 2,558 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 98.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 5 traffic.
What’s watching Summerset
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 Summerset — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Summerset (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Summerset
- Summerset residents confront city staff over Flock camera surveillance network
- Summerset Commission to Discuss Proposed Flock Safety Cameras
- Summerset to discuss proposed Flock Safety camera system amid surveillance concerns
- Summerset City Commission to hold public meeting on new Flock camera network
What you can do in Summerset
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 Summerset
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).