Flock & ALPR Cameras in Carlisle, Iowa
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Carlisle — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Carlisle in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 16:21 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Carlisle
The readers mapped around Carlisle break down as 4 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Carlisle Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Polk County — 1 reader
- IA 5 — 1 reader
- Southeast Avon Drive — 1 reader
- 165th Place — 1 reader
Carlisle IA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Carlisle IA PD runs 5 cameras of its own, has logged 14 plate-database searches, has captured 82,326 vehicle records. Its network connects to 187 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Acworth GA PD, Adrian MI PD, Altoona IA PD, Ankeny IA PD, Anoka County MN SO, Audrain County MO SO, Avon IN PD, Bettendorf IA PD.
Carlisle in the Warren County picture
Warren County has 21 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #750 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 53,484 residents and 1,006 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 28.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 4 traffic. Operators named on the record: Carlisle Police Department (3).
What’s watching Carlisle
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 Carlisle — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Carlisle (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Carlisle
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.
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Cameras near Carlisle
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).