- Camera(s) added
Maplewood PD's entry on the Minnesota BCA roster of agencies that use license plate readers went from listing no fixed devices ("N/A") to listing 17 fixed or stationary reader locations. The change was detected 2026-09-05; the previous snapshot with no locations was 2026-09-03. Locations as reported to the BCA: • White Bear Avenue North at County Road D East (northbound) • White Bear Avenue North at Cope Avenue East (northbound) • White Bear Avenue North at Gervais Avenue (southbound) • Minnesota Highway 61 North at County Road D East (southbound) • Minnesota Highway 61 North at County Road D East (northbound) • Frost Avenue at English Street (eastbound) • Minnesota Highway 61 North at Roselawn Avenue East (southbound) • Minnesota Highway 61 North at Roselawn Avenue East (northbound) • White Bear Avenue North at Larpenteur Avenue East (northbound) • White Bear Avenue North at Larpenteur Avenue East (southbound) • Stillwater Road East at Minnehaha Avenue East (southbound) • Larpenteur Avenue East at Interstate 35E Service Road (westbound) • McKnight Road North at Larpenteur Avenue East (northbound) • McKnight Road South at Lower Afton Road (northbound) • Century Avenue North at Brookview Drive (northbound) • Rice Street North at Larpenteur Avenue West (northbound) • Larpenteur Avenue West at Sylvan Street (westbound) The cameras appear to be installed but not in use. A City of Maplewood statement titled "Flock Safety Automated License Plate Readers" says the city does not currently have any active Flock cameras, that some equipment has been installed but is not collecting or storing data, and that the infrastructure would let the city activate the system later if it decides that is necessary for public safety. The same statement says the Maplewood Police Department is activating a public Flock transparency portal covering its policy, retention period, and sharing partners, and that the city does not share Flock data with ICE. No Maplewood portal has been found yet; when one goes live it will be logged as a separate update. Maplewood was already on the BCA roster before this change; only the location disclosure is new. The roster itself is vendor-neutral, but the city's statement confirms the equipment is Flock Safety. Sources: • BCA roster: https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/bca/data-and-reports/agencies-use-lprs-lpr • City of Maplewood statement: https://maplewoodmn.gov/DocumentCenter/View/38408/Flock-Safety-Automated-License-Plate-Readers
What does this mean?
The number of ALPR cameras the agency operates went up. Each camera photographs every passing vehicle and records its plate, make, model, and color, whether or not the vehicle is on a hotlist. Adding cameras puts more local roads under automated tracking, and Minnesota requires agencies to report stationary camera locations to the state BCA.
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Maplewood PD added two license plate reader locations to its state roster entry
Camera locations disclosedMaplewood PD's entry on the Minnesota BCA license plate reader roster now lists 19 camera locations, up from 17. Newly listed: - White Bear Avenue North at County Road D East (southbound) - Larpenteur Avenue East at Century Avenue (westbound) The other 17 locations are unchanged. In a September 2026 statement, the city identified its equipment as Flock Safety cameras and said they were installed but not yet active. This roster edit does not show whether that has changed. No Maplewood Flock transparency portal has been found. Source: Minnesota BCA, "Agencies that use License Plate Readers (LPR)": https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/bca/data-and-reports/agencies-use-lprs-lpr
What does this mean?
The agency's entry on the Minnesota BCA's public roster of license plate reader users now names camera locations it did not list before. Minn. Stat. 13.824 requires agencies to report where their permanently mounted readers are, and the BCA publishes those locations. A newly listed location can mean a new camera went up, or an existing camera was reported for the first time; the roster does not say which. The roster covers every ALPR vendor, not just Flock Safety, so a listing does not by itself show which company's cameras are at a location.