Flock & ALPR Cameras in Cedar Falls, Iowa
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around Cedar Falls — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 23 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Sep 23 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Sep 23 Rekor camera newly reported
- Sep 8 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Cedar Falls
The readers mapped around Cedar Falls break down as 2 Flock Safety, 1 Motorola Solutions. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- Saints Drive — 1 reader
- Andrea Drive — 1 reader
- State Street — 1 reader
Cedar Falls in the Black Hawk County picture
Black Hawk County has 5 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #2,046 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 130,693 residents and 1,173 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 64.2% of counties nationally.
Camera activity around Cedar Falls, last 30 days
3 newly reported, 3 removed in our hourly change log for Cedar Falls. Latest change logged Sep 8, 2026.
What’s watching Cedar Falls
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 Cedar Falls — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Cedar Falls (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Cedar Falls
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Cedar Falls, IA
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- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Cedar Falls, IA
What you can do in Cedar Falls
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 Cedar Falls
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).