Flock & ALPR Cameras in Waterloo, Iowa
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around Waterloo — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Rekor camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Rekor camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Rekor camera newly reported
- Oct 4 Axis Communications camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Waterloo
The readers mapped around Waterloo break down as 2 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Aug 2026.
- East Tower Park Drive — 1 reader
- Lowes Boulevard — 1 reader
Waterloo in the Black Hawk County picture
Black Hawk County has 5 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #2,046 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 130,693 residents and 1,173 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 64.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.
Camera activity around Waterloo, last 30 days
5 newly reported, 4 removed in our hourly change log for Waterloo. Latest change logged Sep 3, 2026.
What’s watching Waterloo
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 Waterloo — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Waterloo (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Waterloo
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Waterloo, IA
- 4 new license plate readers reported around Waterloo, IA
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Waterloo, IA
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Waterloo, IA
What you can do in Waterloo
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 Waterloo
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).