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Cameras in Sioux City, IA
8 speed camera locations, 28 mapped plate readers, 38 traffic cameras and a red light camera program in Sioux City.
Plate readers © OpenStreetMap contributors · © OpenMapTiles
Sioux City, by camera type.
Sioux City: 28 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Council Bluffs 26, Ames 39, Urbandale 30 and West Des Moines 69.
Speed cameras in Sioux City
From Iowa Department of Transportation, Traffic and Safety Bureau, all on the map.
7 more speed or red light cameras are on the map, counted apart from official lists.
- Speed cameras · Running (checked Oct 23, 2026) 8 locations listed by Iowa Department of Transportation, Traffic and Safety Bureau Sioux City Police ↗ · current status not dated
The law, in short:
Local ordinance; 2024 state law requires Iowa DOT permits.
Red light cameras in Sioux City
Sioux City runs a red light camera program (running, checked Oct 23, 2026), not yet on this map.
- Red light cameras · Running (checked Oct 23, 2026) Sioux City Police ↗ · current status not dated
The law, in short:
Local ordinance; 2024 state law requires Iowa DOT permits.
License plate readers in Sioux City
28 plate readers are on the map in Sioux City, and 28 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them. Sioux City Police is tagged on 2.
6 more plate readers are on agency lists (Iowa Department of Transportation, Traffic Operations and Safety Bureau), counted apart.
First-mapped dates here run from Mar 3, 2025 to Sep 12, 2026. 19 of the 28 were first mapped in 2025.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 3 agencies based in Sioux City that use plate readers, among them Sioux City Police Department.
Who can search plate reads in Sioux City
The Sioux City 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.
Sioux City Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- 30 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 12
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 240
Its transparency portal, as of Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Get one summary email a month on new plate readers in Sioux City
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
Traffic cameras in Sioux City
From Iowa Department of Transportation.
Camera tickets in Sioux City
Follow the instructions and the deadline on the notice.
Know when cameras in Sioux City change.
Free email alerts for cameras on your routes that start issuing tickets. One summary email a month.
- In your monthly summary: the day a camera near you starts issuing tickets
- 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.
- Sioux City Police: speed camera program, running, checked Oct 23, 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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