Flock & ALPR Cameras in Black Hawk County, Iowa
Volunteers have reported 19 automated license plate readers across Black Hawk County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 8 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Rekor camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Rekor camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Rekor camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Black Hawk County compares nationally
Black Hawk County ranks #2,046 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 130,693 residents and 1,173 miles of county roads — 0.3826 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Black Hawk County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Black Hawk County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Black Hawk
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.