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Flock cameras in West Des Moines, IA
67 plate readers tagged Flock Safety in West Des Moines.
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West Des Moines has 69 mapped plate readers. 67 carry the Flock Safety tag. 52 of 67 say who runs them.
They were first mapped between Apr 3, 2025 and Sep 30, 2026. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes. Whoever runs it sets how long, within state law.
Flock cameras in West Des Moines: locations by ZIP code
ZIP 50266 has the most (53), then 50265 (5). Mounted on, where known: 39 on poles, 9 on traffic signals and 7 on street lights.
| Where | Maker tag and operator | Facing | First mapped |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: A private operator, not named | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | May 8, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | May 9, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: A private operator, not named | Faces northwest (as mapped) | May 27, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: A private operator, not named | Faces west-northwest (as mapped) | May 27, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Aug 12, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Aug 12, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Sep 24, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 50265 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces west (as mapped) | May 9, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50265 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces southwest (as mapped) | May 9, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50265 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces northwest (as mapped) | May 9, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50265 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-northwest and north (as mapped) | Mar 7, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 50265 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Mar 7, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Apr 23, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Apr 23, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Apr 23, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Apr 23, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Apr 23, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces east (as mapped) | Apr 23, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Direction not mapped | Apr 23, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces south (as mapped) | Apr 23, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Apr 23, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Apr 23, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces west (as mapped) | Apr 23, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Apr 23, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Apr 23, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Apr 23, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Apr 23, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Apr 23, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Apr 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Apr 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces southwest (as mapped) | May 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces southeast (as mapped) | May 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | May 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | May 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces southwest (as mapped) | May 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | May 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | May 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces northwest (as mapped) | May 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | May 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces east (as mapped) | May 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | May 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | May 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | May 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces northeast (as mapped) | May 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | May 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | May 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | May 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces northwest (as mapped) | May 9, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces northeast (as mapped) | May 9, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Jun 16, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: A private operator, not named | Faces east (as mapped) | Jun 16, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Jun 16, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Jun 16, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces west (as mapped) | Jun 16, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Jul 17, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: West Des Moines Police Department | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Jul 17, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Jul 5, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Aug 13, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Sep 9, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Sep 14, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northwest and north-northeast (as mapped) | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 50266 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Sep 30, 2026 |
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Who runs the Flock cameras in West Des Moines
52 of 67 say who runs them.
- West Des Moines Police Department 48
- Private operators, not named 4
What the Flock cameras in West Des Moines keep
- Records
- The plate of each car that passes, with the time and place. Often a photo of the car.
- Run by
- 52 of 67 say who runs them, most often West Des Moines 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 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
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Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
When the Flock cameras in West Des Moines were first mapped
Flock-tagged readers here were first mapped from April 3, 2025 to September 30, 2026. 52 of the 67 were first mapped in 2025, with 26 in May alone.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock cameras near West Des Moines
Flock cameras in West Des Moines, IA: questions
How many Flock cameras are in West Des Moines?
67 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in West Des Moines, IA, as of November 7, 2026.
Where are the Flock cameras in West Des Moines?
The table lists the most recently mapped ones by ZIP code, and the map shows all of them. ZIP 50266 has the most (53).
Who runs the plate readers in West Des Moines?
52 of 67 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 West Des Moines use plate readers?
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists West Des Moines Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Which way does each camera face?
66 of the 67 carry a direction tag, and the map draws each of those as a cone.
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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 in West Des Moines, 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
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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