Flock & ALPR Cameras in Le Claire, Iowa
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Le Claire — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 19 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 2 License plate reader newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Le Claire
The readers mapped around Le Claire break down as 4 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Aug 2026.
- Wisconsin Street — 1 reader
- Sycamore Drive — 1 reader
- Territorial Road — 1 reader
- Valley Drive — 1 reader
Le Claire in the Scott County picture
Scott County has 21 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,668 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 174,302 residents and 1,687 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 39% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 4 traffic.
Camera activity around Le Claire, last 30 days
3 newly reported in our hourly change log for Le Claire. Latest change logged Aug 29, 2026.
What’s watching Le Claire
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 Le Claire — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Le Claire (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Le Claire
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Le Claire, IA
- In the minutes: Leclaire meeting, Flock camera (Oct 19)
- Leclaire — City Council Oct 19, 2026
- In the minutes: Leclaire meeting, License Plate Reader (Jul 6)
What you can do in Le Claire
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 Le Claire
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).