Flock & ALPR Cameras in Burlington, Iowa
Volunteers have reported 8 automated license plate readers in and around Burlington — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Burlington in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 15:28 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Burlington
The readers mapped around Burlington break down as 8 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- North Central Avenue — 2 readers
- South Roosevelt Avenue — 1 reader
- US 34;IA 163 — 1 reader
- Bluff Road — 1 reader
- Court Street — 1 reader
- North Main Street — 1 reader
- 60th Street — 1 reader
Burlington IA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Burlington IA PD runs 12 cameras of its own, has logged 48 plate-database searches, has captured 138,784 vehicle records. Its network connects to 83 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Burlington in the Des Moines County picture
Des Moines County has 18 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #596 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 38,597 residents and 1,100 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 33.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 8 traffic.
What’s watching Burlington
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Burlington — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Burlington (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Burlington
What you can do in Burlington
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Burlington
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).