Flock & ALPR Cameras in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Volunteers have reported 50 automated license plate readers in and around Cedar Rapids — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Cedar Rapids in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 22:16 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Cedar Rapids
The readers mapped around Cedar Rapids break down as 49 Flock Safety, 1 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: Cedar Rapids Police Department, Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Feb 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- 6th Street Southwest — 5 readers
- Mount Vernon Road Southeast — 3 readers
- J Street Southwest — 2 readers
- 33rd Avenue Southwest — 2 readers
- C Street Southwest — 2 readers
- 1st Avenue East — 2 readers
- Wilson Avenue Southwest — 2 readers
- Bowling Street Southwest — 2 readers
- 5th Avenue Southwest — 2 readers
- 32nd Street Northeast — 2 readers
- 10th Street Southwest — 2 readers
- 8th Avenue Southwest — 1 reader
+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around Cedar Rapids — all on the live map above.
Cedar Rapids IA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Cedar Rapids IA PD runs 75 cameras of its own, has logged 1,211 plate-database searches, has captured 461,593 vehicle records. Its network connects to 390 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Adairville KY PD, Albion MI DPS, AR - Alma PD, Altoona IA PD, Anderson IN PD, Ankeny IA PD, Arnold MO PD, Arnolds Park IA PD.
Cedar Rapids in the Linn County picture
Linn County has 80 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #890 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 229,463 residents and 1,852 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 14.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 48 traffic. Operators named on the record: Cedar Rapids Police Department (28), Flock Safety (1).
What’s watching Cedar Rapids
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 Rapids — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Cedar Rapids (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Cedar Rapids
- Police investigate vandalism of license plate reader on Cedar Rapids' northwest side
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Deploys 70 New License Plate Readers
- New chapter on the network: Eyes Off Cedar Rapids (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
What you can do in Cedar Rapids
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 Rapids
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).