License plate readers in Blaine, MN
Volunteers have documented 40 automated license plate readers inside Blaine. That is the 5th-largest total among the 43 Minnesota cities indexed here, and 2.8% of the statewide total. Its 1.2 readers per square mile spread across 32.9 square miles — thinner coverage than 64% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 98% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including The Home Depot and Lowes.
Updated August 14, 2026.
40
readers documented
1.2
per square mile
5th
of 43 indexed Minnesota cities
2.8%
of Minnesota’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety39 · 98%
- Unknown1 · 3%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 36 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Blaine PD (3), The Home Depot (3), Lowes (2). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- traffic signal (5), pole (4)
- Coverage area
- 32.9 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work · Minnesota ALPR law
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