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Cameras in Cedar Rapids, IA
8 speed camera locations, 79 mapped plate readers, 54 traffic cameras and a red light camera program in Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids, by camera type.
Cedar Rapids: 79 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Iowa City 33, Dubuque 36, Marshalltown 52 and Altoona 61.
Speed cameras in Cedar Rapids
From Iowa Department of Transportation, Traffic and Safety Bureau, all on the map.
5 more speed or red light cameras are on the map, counted apart from official lists.
- Speed cameras · Running (as of Aug 2026) 8 locations listed by Iowa Department of Transportation, Traffic and Safety Bureau Cedar Rapids Police ↗
The law, in short:
Local ordinance; 2024 state law requires Iowa DOT permits.
Red light cameras in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids runs a red light camera program (running, as of Aug 2026), not yet on this map.
- Red light cameras · Running (as of Aug 2026) Cedar Rapids Police ↗
The law, in short:
Local ordinance; 2024 state law requires Iowa DOT permits.
License plate readers in Cedar Rapids
79 plate readers are on the map in Cedar Rapids, and 74 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. 54 of 79 say who runs them. Cedar Rapids Police Department is tagged on 48.
20 more plate readers are on agency lists (Iowa Department of Transportation, Traffic Operations and Safety Bureau), counted apart.
First-mapped dates here run from Feb 4, 2025 to Jul 24, 2026. 72 of the 79 were first mapped in 2025, with 58 in February alone.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Cedar Rapids Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Who can search plate reads in Cedar Rapids
549 agencies can search reads from the Cedar Rapids Police Department’s plate readers, by its posted sharing list (Oct 14, 2026). Its portal says it keeps each read for 30 days.
Cedar Rapids Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- 549
- Other organizations on its list
- 3
- Keeps each read for
- 30 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 70
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 145
Its transparency portal, as of Oct 13, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Get one summary email a month on new plate readers in Cedar Rapids
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
Traffic cameras in Cedar Rapids
From Iowa Department of Transportation.
Camera tickets in Cedar Rapids
Follow the instructions and the deadline on the notice.
Know when cameras in Cedar Rapids change.
Free email alerts for cameras on your routes that start issuing tickets. One summary email a month.
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- New cameras mapped or reported near you
- What plate readers keep, and who runs them
- Your street, your distance, the camera types you pick
156,883 cameras listed or mapped so far.
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.
- Cedar Rapids Police: speed camera program, running, as of Aug 2026
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, speed and red light cameras, 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, Traffic and Safety Bureau: Camera locations: Iowa Department of Transportation (CC BY 4.0). 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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