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South Dakota has 284 mapped plate readers. 253 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
Sioux Falls has the most (144), then Brandon (21) and Madison (20). The first Flock-tagged one was mapped Dec 9, 2024. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes.
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Flock cameras in South Dakota by city
A city links to its own page once enough readers are mapped there.
Plate readers mapped in South Dakota each month
Plate readers of any maker added to the map each month, not only Flock-tagged ones. Lighter bars are estimates from the first-mapped dates of current points.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock-tagged readers first mapped each month
Each row counts the Flock-tagged readers first mapped that month, newest first. Months with none are left out. Each one carries the date it was first mapped.
| Month | First mapped that month | Top cities |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 77 | 72 in Sioux Falls and 3 in Brandon |
| Sep 2026 | 11 | 4 in Brandon and 2 in Madison |
| Aug 2026 | 19 | 8 in Sioux Falls and 5 in Brandon |
| Jul 2026 | 15 | 4 in Summerset and 3 in Sioux Falls |
| Jun 2026 | 7 | 3 in Sioux Falls and 1 in North Sioux City |
| May 2026 | 12 | 4 in Madison and 2 in Agency Village |
| Apr 2026 | 6 | 2 in Hartford and 1 in Brookings |
| Mar 2026 | 8 | 2 in Agency Village and 2 in Sioux Falls |
| Feb 2026 | 9 | 8 in Sioux Falls and 1 in Brookings |
| Jan 2026 | 6 | 4 in Rapid City and 1 in Madison |
| Dec 2025 | 13 | 11 in Madison and 1 in Sioux Falls |
| Nov 2025 | 8 | 7 in Sioux Falls and 1 in Brookings |
Who runs the Flock cameras in South Dakota
Most don't say who runs them. The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 6 agencies in South Dakota that use plate readers.
- Minnehaha County Sheriff Department 1
Plate reader law in South Dakota
| Topic | South Dakota |
|---|---|
| Status | No state law found |
| Public records law | SDCL ch. 1-27 |
| Checked |
See South Dakota plate reader law next to the other states.
Flock cameras in South Dakota: questions
How many Flock cameras are in South Dakota?
253 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in South Dakota, as of November 7, 2026. The real number may be higher or lower: the map shows only the cameras mapped so far.
Which cities in South Dakota have the most Flock cameras?
By mapped count: Sioux Falls (144), Brandon (21) and Madison (20). The city list on this page shows each city with a Flock-tagged reader.
Is each mapped camera still there?
Not always. A point shows where someone mapped a camera. 1 of the 253 carry a date when a volunteer last checked them on the ground.
South Dakota's plate reader data
From OpenStreetMap, under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. A free copy goes to anyone who asks: how it is made and how to ask.
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299 cameras listed or mapped in South Dakota so far.
Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
- National Conference of State Legislatures, Automated License Plate Readers: State Statutes: plate reader laws by state, checked Oct 25, 2026
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Open Government Guide: public records law, checked Oct 25, 2026
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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