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Cameras in West Des Moines, IA
69 mapped plate readers and 30 traffic cameras in West Des Moines.
Plate readers © OpenStreetMap contributors · © OpenMapTiles
West Des Moines, by camera type.
West Des Moines: 69 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Urbandale 30, Altoona 61, Ames 39 and Marshalltown 52.
Speed cameras in West Des Moines
None listed in West Des Moines. Neighboring Des Moines runs one (running, checked Oct 23, 2026).
Red light cameras in West Des Moines
None listed in West Des Moines. Neighboring Des Moines runs one (running, checked Oct 23, 2026), not yet on this map.
License plate readers in West Des Moines
69 plate readers are on the map in West Des Moines, and 67 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. 52 of 69 say who runs them. West Des Moines Police Department is tagged on 48.
First-mapped dates here run from Dec 12, 2024 to Sep 30, 2026. 52 of the 69 were first mapped in 2025, with 26 in May alone.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists West Des Moines Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Who can search plate reads in West Des Moines
1,358 agencies can search reads from the West Des Moines Police Department’s plate readers, by its posted sharing list (Oct 14, 2026). Its portal says it keeps each read for 30 days.
West Des Moines Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- 1,358
- Other organizations on its list
- 17
- Keeps each read for
- 30 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 57
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 127
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 West Des Moines
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
Traffic cameras in West Des Moines
From Iowa Department of Transportation.
Camera tickets in West Des Moines
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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: 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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