Flock Cameras in Iowa
What Alto can actually source for Iowa: community-reported locations, documents, statute, and coverage. Every row below is either sourced or explicitly empty.
Ask Gab AI about Flock cameras in IowaCommunity-reported OpenStreetMap data · not an official Flock map · no plate lookupDetailsHide
Alto is not affiliated with Flock Safety. Location pins come from © OpenStreetMap contributors. Community tagging of ALPR devices is documented by projects such as DeFlock. Pins are reported locations, not proof a camera is on or that a city has a current contract. There is no official public map. Alto does not search license plates. Vendor claims belong to flocksafety.com. Wrong figures: corrections.
All ALPR OSM nodes
818 reported locations
OpenStreetMap · as of 2026-08-24
Includes Flock and other vendors tagged on OpenStreetMap.
Flock-tagged per 100,000 residents
23.8 per 100k
U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates (NST-EST2025) · as of 2025-07-01
Population is the Census July 1, 2025 estimate. The camera count is OpenStreetMap, not Census.
Reported locations around Iowa
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- Flock Safety
- Other ALPR
Evidence Alto has for Iowa
Six independent signals. An empty row is a real answer, not a loading state.
3 of 6 sourced
Reported locations
770
OpenStreetMap nodes in Iowa tagged as plate readers and attributed to Flock Safety. 818 ALPR nodes of any vendor were tagged in the same import.
OpenStreetMap · as of 2026-08-24
See on the mapAgencies named in the EFF Atlas
33
Rows the Electronic Frontier Foundation recorded for Iowa. A row naming "ALPR" is not upgraded to "Flock" unless the row says Flock.
Atlas of Surveillance (EFF) · as of 2026-08-24
EFF AtlasPublic contracts on file
none on file
No Iowa agreement has been transcribed from a posted document yet. Most Flock deals are municipal records you can request from a city clerk.
Transparency portals
none on file
No Iowa agency portal has been verified. Alto does not guess portal URLs, so an empty row here is the accurate state of the allowlist.
State ALPR statute
none on file
Alto has not recorded an ALPR-specific statute for Iowa. That is not a claim that none exists — general privacy, records, and procurement law can still apply.
Indexed coverage
12
Headlines from Alto's own index matching Flock or plate readers plus Iowa.
Cities in Iowa
A city gets its own page once Alto holds at least two independent signals for it — reported pins, an Atlas row, a verified portal, a contract, or sustained local coverage.
No Iowa city clears that bar yet. You can still browse the map for reported locations, or send a public record that would qualify one.
Latest Iowa coverage
- Pro-Cop Red States Latest To Kick Flock To The CurbTechdirtabout 18 hours ago
- Viewers Guide and Picks (Week 2): Oklahoma-Michigan, Ohio State-Texas, Iowa State-Iowa - 247SportsGoogle News1 day ago
- Flock Cameras Are The New Patriot ActThe Federalist1 day ago
- Michigan GOP gubernatorial nominee takes nuanced approach to Flock camerasWashington Examiner1 day ago
- Weather tracker: Hurricane Lowell pounds Hawaii’s western islandsThe Guardian — World1 day ago
- Spain basketball star Megan DiLeo weighs in on Caitlin Clark's World Cup bench role ahead of semifinalFox News1 day ago
Nearby states
This page reports OpenStreetMap ALPR nodes in Iowa that are tagged as Flock Safety, next to any Atlas of Surveillance rows, public contracts, and news Alto has indexed. Absence of a pin is not proof the state has no cameras.
Every count is labeled with its source and import or document date. Alto does not treat community pins as an active contract.
Does Iowa use Flock?
Alto answers with the numbers on this page — reported OSM Flock tags, EFF Atlas rows if imported, and documents in the contract table — not with a yes/no slogan. Press-reported national totals are not applied to Iowa unless a source is about this state.
How to read the table
The Flock column is OSM nodes whose manufacturer or brand is Flock Safety. The all-ALPR column includes other vendors tagged on OpenStreetMap. They are not the same number.
Flock Cameras in Iowa — Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Iowa use Flock cameras?
- Alto does not answer that with a slogan. This page shows reported OpenStreetMap Flock-tagged locations in Iowa, plus any Atlas rows, contracts, and news we have sourced. A zero in the OSM column means no tagged nodes in the last import — not that no cameras exist.
- Where are Flock cameras in Iowa?
- Reported coordinates, when imported, appear on the Flock map filtered to Iowa. They come from OpenStreetMap contributors and can be incomplete or out of date.
- Does a pin mean the camera is on and the city has a contract?
- No. A pin is a community-reported location. The camera may have been moved or removed. A contract is a separate public record. Alto does not treat a pin as proof that a device is recording or that a jurisdiction currently pays Flock.