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Cedar Rapids has 79 mapped plate readers. 74 carry the Flock Safety tag. 50 of 74 say who runs them.
They were first mapped between Feb 4, 2025 and Jul 24, 2026. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes. Whoever runs it sets how long, within state law.
Flock cameras in Cedar Rapids: locations by ZIP code
ZIP 52401 has the most (37), then 52402 (18) and 52404 (14). Mounted on, where known: 69 on poles and 1 on a gantry or bridge.
20 more plate readers are on Iowa Department of Transportation, Traffic Operations and Safety Bureau’s own list, counted apart.
| Where | Maker tag and operator | Facing | First mapped |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Feb 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Feb 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Feb 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Feb 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Feb 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Feb 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Feb 5, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces north (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces west (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces north (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces south (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Feb 11, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces west-northwest (as mapped) | Feb 11, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Feb 12, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces south (as mapped) | Feb 12, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Feb 12, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces west (as mapped) | Feb 15, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Feb 15, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Feb 15, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Apr 7, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Apr 7, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Apr 7, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Apr 7, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Feb 26, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north, east-northeast, southeast, south-southwest and west-northwest (as mapped) | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 52401 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 52402 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces west (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52402 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52402 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52402 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: A private operator, not named | Faces west-northwest (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52402 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: A private operator, not named | Faces west (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52402 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Feb 11, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52402 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Feb 11, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52402 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces south (as mapped) | Feb 12, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52402 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Feb 12, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52402 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Feb 12, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52402 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces west-northwest (as mapped) | Feb 12, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52402 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Feb 12, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52402 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Mar 19, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52402 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Apr 6, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52402 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces west (as mapped) | Apr 6, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52402 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces east (as mapped) | Apr 7, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52402 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces east (as mapped) | Sep 27, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52402 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Sep 27, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52404 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Feb 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52404 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Feb 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52404 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Feb 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52404 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Feb 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52404 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Feb 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52404 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Feb 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52404 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52404 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52404 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces west (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52404 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Feb 11, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52404 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Feb 11, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52404 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Apr 7, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52404 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Jul 20, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52404 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Jul 20, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52405 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces south (as mapped) | Feb 11, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52405 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52405 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52405 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 52405 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Cedar Rapids Police Department | Faces west (as mapped) | Feb 15, 2025 |
Near you: nearest mapped Flock cameras.
Who runs the Flock cameras in Cedar Rapids
50 of 74 say who runs them.
- Cedar Rapids Police Department 48
- Private operators, not named 2
What the Flock cameras in Cedar Rapids keep
- Records
- The plate of each car that passes, with the time and place. Often a photo of the car.
- Run by
- 50 of 74 say who runs them, most often Cedar Rapids Police Department (48).
- Kept for
- Not published on the map. Each operator sets its own. Flock Safety’s FAQ: “Flock recommends a 7-day default.”
- Who sees it
- Whoever runs it, and those it shares with.
- How to ask
- Read the operator's policy. Or ask the city for its records.
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.
When the Flock cameras in Cedar Rapids were first mapped
Flock-tagged readers here were first mapped from February 4, 2025 to July 24, 2026. 71 of the 74 were first mapped in 2025, with 58 in February alone.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock cameras near Cedar Rapids
Flock cameras in Cedar Rapids, IA: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Cedar Rapids?
74 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Cedar Rapids, IA, as of November 7, 2026.
Where are the Flock cameras in Cedar Rapids?
The table lists the most recently mapped ones by ZIP code, and the map shows all of them. ZIP 52401 has the most (37).
Who runs the plate readers in Cedar Rapids?
50 of 74 say who runs them. Whoever runs each one sets how long it keeps the reads and who can search them, within Iowa law.
Which agencies around Cedar Rapids use plate readers?
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Cedar Rapids Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Which way does each camera face?
All 74 carry a direction tag, and the map draws each one as a cone.
Camera alerts
Know when cameras in Cedar Rapids change.
Free email alerts for new plate readers mapped near your places. One summary email a month.
- When a plate reader is first mapped near you
- 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.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers in Cedar Rapids, IA, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- Flock Safety FAQ: the default retention quoted in What they keep, read Oct 24, 2026
- 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.
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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