Flock & ALPR Cameras in Scott County, Iowa
Volunteers have reported 46 automated license plate readers across Scott County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 2 License plate reader newly reported
- Sep 22 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 8 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 8 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Scott County compares nationally
Scott County ranks #1,668 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 174,302 residents and 1,687 miles of county roads — 1.2048 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Scott County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Scott County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
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What you can do in Scott
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.