Cameras / Minnesota / St. Cloud
License plate readers in St. Cloud, MN
Volunteers have documented 17 automated license plate readers inside St. Cloud. That is the 23rd-largest total among the 43 Minnesota cities indexed here, and 1.1% of the statewide total. Its 0.4 readers per square mile spread across 40.2 square miles — thinner coverage than 96% of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Where a mount was recorded, most are fixed to existing street lamps rather than dedicated poles.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 2, 2026.
17
readers documented
0.4
per square mile
23rd
of 43 indexed Minnesota cities · 1,426th of 2,395 nationally
1.1%
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 Safety11 · 65%
- Other vendors5 · 29%
- Unknown1 · 6%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 11 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Saint Cloud Police Department (9). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- street lamp (8), pole (2)
- Coverage area
- 40.2 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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