Flock & ALPR Cameras in Washington, Iowa
Volunteers have reported 8 automated license plate readers in and around Washington — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Washington in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 00:32 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Washington
The readers mapped around Washington break down as 8 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2026; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- North 12th Avenue — 1 reader
- West Buchanan Street — 1 reader
- State Highway 92 — 1 reader
- East Washington Street — 1 reader
- West 5th Street — 1 reader
- Wayland Road — 1 reader
- North Marion Avenue — 1 reader
- 247th Street — 1 reader
Washington IA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Washington IA PD runs 8 cameras of its own, has logged 9 plate-database searches, has captured 40,371 vehicle records. Its network connects to 933 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Ada County ID SO, Adairville KY PD, Adams County WI SO, Adrian MI PD, Alabama Department of Corrections, Allen County IN SO, AR - Alma PD, Altoona IA PD.
Washington in the Washington County picture
Washington County has 7 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #985 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 22,539 residents and 898 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 50.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 8 traffic.
What’s watching Washington
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 Washington — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Washington (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Washington
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 Washington
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).