Flock & ALPR Cameras in Marshalltown, Iowa
Volunteers have reported 51 automated license plate readers in and around Marshalltown — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 5 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 3 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 3 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 14 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Marshalltown
The readers mapped around Marshalltown break down as 45 Flock Safety, 2 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: Marshalltown Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Feb 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- South Center Street — 5 readers
- East Main Street — 3 readers
- North 3rd Avenue — 3 readers
- South 12th Avenue — 3 readers
- Governor Road — 3 readers
- South 18th Avenue — 2 readers
- West Lincolnway — 2 readers
- Summit Street — 2 readers
- Iowa Avenue West — 2 readers
- East Olive Street — 2 readers
- South 6th Street — 2 readers
- West Main Street — 2 readers
+ 12 more streets and roads mapped around Marshalltown — all on the live map above.
Marshalltown IA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Marshalltown IA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 56 other agencies.
Marshalltown in the Marshall County picture
Marshall County has 36 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #138 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 6.4% nationally. That’s across 39,971 residents and 1,065 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 18.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 45 traffic. Operators named on the record: Marshalltown Police Department (30).
Camera activity around Marshalltown, last 30 days
2 newly reported in our hourly change log for Marshalltown. Latest change logged Sep 9, 2026.
What’s watching Marshalltown
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 Marshalltown — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Marshalltown (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Marshalltown
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Marshalltown, IA
- Marshalltown City Council approves more automated license plate readers
- More Flock cameras approved in Marshalltown
- Marshalltown expands use of license plate cameras amid privacy concerns
What you can do in Marshalltown
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 Marshalltown
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).