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Flock Cameras in South Dakota: Map, Locations & Count
As of 13 October 2026, 235 Flock and ALPR cameras are mapped inside South Dakota's borders (206 tagged Flock Safety), run by 25 operators. The Sioux Falls area alone accounts for 96 of them. See every camera on the live map below, which way it faces and its approximate capture zone. Free, no account.
The 235 cameras mapped in South Dakota belong to 25 operators, with Sioux Falls Police Department at the top on 37. That makes the state widely spread by ALPR standards. Because these are counted inside the border rather than by metro box, the number is directly comparable with other states on this site. 117 of the 235 cameras carry no operator at all, so the operator shares above are shares of the attributed cameras. Since 5 October 2026 the in-state count moved from 219 to 235 (+16).
Open the live camera mapWhich South Dakota cities have Flock cameras?
Camera counts for South Dakota's main metro areas, read from public map data on 13 October 2026.
Sioux Falls
96 cameras
Rapid City
63 cameras
Bounding-box counts around each city centre — good for ranking metros, wrong for summing. The only clean state total is the polygon-counted figure in the headline.
The largest ALPR operators in South Dakota
Eight operators account for 40% of South Dakota's mapped cameras.
Sioux Falls Police Department
37 cameras
Madison Police Department
17 cameras
Brookings Police Department
14 cameras
Rapid City Police Department
10 cameras
Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office
5 cameras
Roberts County Sheriff's Office
5 cameras
Brandon Police Department
4 cameras
Codington County Sheriff's Office
3 cameras
There is a clear leader — Sioux Falls Police Department, 37 cameras — and then a long, flat tail of 24 other operators. Sheriff's offices are prominent: Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office, Roberts County Sheriff's Office both sit in the top eight.
Attribution is inferred from jurisdiction for 115 cameras and recorded directly for the rest. Counts are a floor: cameras appear on the map as people map them.
It isn't all Flock in South Dakota
The vendor mix behind the state's plate readers.
Flock Safety
206 cameras
Motorola Solutions
10 cameras
Axon Enterprise
3 cameras
Verkada
3 cameras
Genetec
2 cameras
Vendor tags exist for 224 of South Dakota's cameras, and Flock Safety takes 92% of those — but Motorola Solutions runs 10, which is why the map reads 'ALPR', not just 'Flock'.
226 of 235 cameras (96%) carry a facing direction; the rest are shown as omnidirectional. Recorded mounts run pole (30), street lamp (12), post (2).
Documented ALPR programs in South Dakota
Public records compiled in the Atlas of Surveillance list 6 South Dakota agencies using ALPR. Our map, built from OpenStreetMap and community reports, records 25 operators. Some agencies are documented but not yet mapped; some cameras are mapped without a records trail.
Madison Police Department — Lake County
As of April 2024, the Madison Police Department operates 25 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Aberdeen Police Department — Brown County
The Aberdeen Police Department has been using automated license plate readers since 2013.
Sioux Falls Police Department — Minnehaha County
The Sioux Falls Police Department spent $168,000 for about two dozen Flock Safety license plate reader cameras and the requisite operating system to use them. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office — Minnehaha County
The Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Summerset Police Department — Meade County
The Summerset Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Codington County Sheriff's Office — Codington County
The Codington County Sheriff's Office was approved to purchase vehicle-mounted and stationary license plate readers in 2026. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Atlas of Surveillance. Summaries are the Atlas's own wording, trimmed to a complete sentence.
South Dakota ALPR questions
How many Flock cameras are in South Dakota?
As of 13 October 2026, 235 Flock and ALPR cameras are mapped inside South Dakota's borders, 206 of them tagged Flock Safety, run by 25 operators. The largest clusters are around Sioux Falls, Rapid City. That is a documented floor, not a full inventory: cameras appear as people map them.
Which cities in South Dakota have Flock cameras?
The largest clusters are around Sioux Falls (96), Rapid City (63). Smaller SD towns appear on the live map too — these are simply the biggest metro areas.
Who operates ALPR cameras in South Dakota?
The lead operator is Sioux Falls Police Department at 37 cameras, but it holds only 16% of the state; the rest is split among 24 other agencies and businesses.
Are all the plate readers in South Dakota made by Flock?
No. Flock Safety is tagged on 206 of 224 vendor-recorded cameras (92%); Motorola Solutions accounts for 10, and 11 cameras have no vendor recorded at all. 'Flock camera' is the common name, but the map covers every ALPR it can find.
Can I avoid Flock cameras when driving in South Dakota?
BanditKin's navigation offers opt-in, field-of-view-aware camera avoidance with a strength slider, using the 226 South Dakota cameras that have a recorded facing direction. If no camera-free route exists it says so and falls back to the normal route. Preferring not to be logged by a commercial surveillance network is a privacy preference — the app uses public camera-location data.