Flock & ALPR Cameras in Iola, Wisconsin
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Iola — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 3 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Iola, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside Iola itself.
The rest sit in Town of Alban (1), Town of Harrison (1), Town of Iola (1).
1 of them name an operator in the record: Flock Safety (1). The operator is who runs the camera, which is not always the local government.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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No new reports near Iola in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:14 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Iola
The readers mapped around Iola break down as 3 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2024; the most recent in Feb 2026.
- Grand Avenue East — 1 reader
- State Highway 49 — 1 reader
- State Highway 161 — 1 reader
Iola in the Waupaca County picture
Waupaca County has 30 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #397 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 18.6% nationally. That’s across 51,714 residents and 1,282 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 26.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic. Operators named on the record: Flock Safety (1).
What’s watching Iola
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 Iola — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Iola (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Iola
- WILL sues multiple Wisconsin municipalities over Flock surveillance, alleging Fourth Amendment violations
- Wautoma Police cover Flock cameras after alleging company violated agreement terms
- Sheboygan mayor accuses Flock of violating contract with city, cameras now covered citywide
What you can do in Iola
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 Iola
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).