Flock & ALPR Cameras in Madrid, Iowa
No cameras reported in and around Madrid — yet. That usually means nobody has checked, not that the roads are clear. Be the one who looks.
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Help put Madrid on the map
The camera map is built by volunteers, one report at a time — and nobody has surveyed Madrid yet. ALPRs look like small gray cameras on poles, often solar-powered, near intersections and shopping centers. Spot one? Reporting takes about a minute.
No new reports near Madrid in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 6, 20:37 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Madrid in the Boone County picture
Boone County has 1 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #2,054 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 26,669 residents and 1,174 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 91.9% of counties nationally.
Why this page exists
Automated license plate readers are spreading town by town, usually with no public vote — volunteers have already mapped 919 across Iowa. Cameras often arrive quietly in towns exactly like Madrid: a council consent-agenda item, then poles by the grocery store. Learn what they look like, check the roads you drive daily, and this page will update as reports come in.
The latest around Madrid
- Iberia passengers can now use facial recognition between Madrid and Barcelona instead of boarding passes
- Madrid's bus station upgrades to Herta's facial recognition software
- Facial recognition pilot at Madrid Airport to be extended
- Newswire & Press Release / Facial Recognition Pilot Project At Madrid Airport Evolves into Broader Contactless Passenger Experience - Biometric / Forensic - Thales Group
What you can do in Madrid
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 Madrid
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).