Flock & ALPR Cameras in Polk City, Iowa
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Polk City — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Polk City in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 19:54 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Polk City
The readers mapped around Polk City break down as 5 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Polk City Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2024; the most recent in Apr 2026.
- Northwest 118th Avenue — 1 reader
- Northwest Sheldahl Drive — 1 reader
- Northwest Polk City Drive — 1 reader
- West Bridge Road — 1 reader
- Northwest Madrid Drive — 1 reader
Polk City IA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Polk City IA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 16 other agencies.
Polk City in the Polk County picture
Polk County has 161 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #951 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 497,441 residents and 2,286 road miles. By road density that is 0.07 cameras per road mile, in the top 8.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 5 traffic. Operators named on the record: Polk City Police Department (4).
What’s watching Polk City
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 Polk City — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Polk City (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Polk City
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 Polk City
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).