Flock & ALPR Cameras in Vermillion, South Dakota
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Vermillion — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 2 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Vermillion, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside Vermillion itself.
The rest sit in Brule Township (2).
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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No new reports near Vermillion in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 9, 06:43 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Vermillion
The readers mapped around Vermillion break down as 2 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Apr 2026.
- SD Highway 50 — 2 readers
Vermillion in the Clay County picture
Clay County has 0 reported cameras county-wide. That’s across 15,133 residents and 858 road miles.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.
What’s watching Vermillion
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 Vermillion — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Vermillion (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Vermillion
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 Vermillion
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).