Flock & ALPR Cameras in Dallas County, Iowa
Volunteers have reported 35 automated license plate readers across Dallas County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 1 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 1 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 1 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 1 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Dallas County compares nationally
Dallas County ranks #496 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 23.2% nationally. The count covers 104,136 residents and 1,235 miles of county roads — 5.0895 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Dallas 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 Dallas County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Dallas
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.