Flock & ALPR Cameras in Buena Vista County, Iowa
Volunteers have reported 19 automated license plate readers across Buena Vista County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 4 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Oct 4 LiveView Technologies camera newly reported
- Sep 30 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Sep 30 Axis Communications camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Buena Vista County compares nationally
Buena Vista County ranks #109 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 5.1% nationally. The count covers 20,684 residents and 693 miles of county roads — 9.6693 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Buena Vista 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 Buena Vista County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Buena Vista
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.