Cameras / Minnesota / Cottage Grove
License plate readers in Cottage Grove, MN
Volunteers have documented 152 automated license plate readers inside Cottage Grove. No other Minnesota city in this index has more, and Cottage Grove alone accounts for 9.0% of every reader documented in the state. At 4.5 per square mile it is more densely covered than 86% of the 2,432 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 96% — are Flock Safety units.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 13, 2026 · figures last changed October 29, 2026.
152
readers documented
4.5
per square mile
1st
of 42 indexed Minnesota cities · 74th of 2,432 nationally
9.0%
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 Safety146 · 96%
- Motorola Solutions6 · 4%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 151 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- pole (1)
- Coverage area
- 33.6 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · Minnesota ALPR law (60 days retention)
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