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Altoona, by camera type.
Altoona: 61 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Urbandale 30, West Des Moines 69, Ames 39 and Marshalltown 52.
Speed cameras in Altoona
None listed in Altoona. Neighboring Des Moines runs one (running, checked Oct 23, 2026).
Red light cameras in Altoona
None listed in Altoona. Neighboring Des Moines runs one (running, checked Oct 23, 2026), not yet on this map.
License plate readers in Altoona
61 plate readers are on the map in Altoona, and 57 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. 36 of 61 say who runs them. Altoona Police Department is tagged on 34.
2 more plate readers are on agency lists (Iowa Department of Transportation, Traffic Operations and Safety Bureau), counted apart.
First-mapped dates here run from Apr 8, 2025 to Sep 21, 2026. 36 of the 61 were first mapped in 2025, with 34 in April alone.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Altoona Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Who can search plate reads in Altoona
The Altoona Police Department’s transparency portal does not list who can search its plate reads (Oct 14, 2026). Its portal says it keeps each read for 30 days.
Altoona Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- 30 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 51
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 252
Its transparency portal, as of Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
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Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
Traffic cameras in Altoona
From Iowa Department of Transportation.
Camera tickets in Altoona
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Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
- Iowa Department of Transportation, Traffic Operations and Safety Bureau: Plate reader locations: Iowa Department of Transportation (CC BY 4.0), list as of January 2026. Read November 7, 2026.
- Iowa Department of Transportation: Camera locations: Iowa Department of Transportation (CC BY 4.0). Read November 7, 2026.
- US Census Bureau: city boundary (cartographic file 2025)
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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