Flock & ALPR Cameras in Postville, Iowa
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Postville — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Postville in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 16:20 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Postville
The readers mapped around Postville break down as 1 of unrecorded make. Every report here dates to Dec 2025.
- West Tilden Street — 1 reader
Postville in the Allamakee County picture
Allamakee County has 1 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,884 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 14,038 residents and 1,034 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 90.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.
What’s watching Postville
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 Postville — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Postville (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Postville
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 Postville
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).