Deflock Altoona
What this site is
Public records on Altoona, Iowa’s City Council, police, and the automated license-plate-reader (ALPR) program — each figure below is sourced, dated, and links to the record behind it.
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Camera tools
How close are the plate cameras to your street?
The distance to the nearest community-mapped camera, how many are within a mile, and how your block compares with the rest of Altoona.
Explore the record
Council & votes
Every recorded roll-call vote, with each member’s position and a source link.
4,272 roll calls
People
Profiles for the Mayor, Council, police, and other city officials named in the record.
74 current profiles
ALPR tracker
The cameras residents have mapped, plus the vendors’ own camera counts, plate reads, and hotlist hits for Altoona PD’s ALPR program.
16,891 hotlist hits, last 30 days
PolicePolice
The department’s 2025 annual report in its own words, its roster, pay schedules, and what the records don’t establish.
Report quotes
Records requests
What was asked of the police about plate readers, what came back, the redacted records and what they show, and how to ask for records yourself.
Redacted records
Local & civic lookup
Meeting nights, Census and FBI figures for Altoona, and a civic address lookup.
21,495 ± 44 residents
Pay
Mayor, Council, and police pay, set by City ordinance or union contract.
$9,000/year
Corrections
Every correction the site has published, with what changed. How error reports are checked is on About.
32 corrections published
From the newsroom
EXTERNAL REPORT
Federal judge in Oklahoma rules a warrantless Flock search was a Fourth Amendment search
- EXTERNAL REPORT A Virginia police employee is charged with misusing Flock after coworkers reported it and an audit found suspicious transactions
- ALTOONA, IA RECORD Mayor O'Connor says he is 'a big supporter' of LPRs after residents question cameras
- Archive ANALYSIS / OPINION Opinion: 232 Flock portals name Altoona as an agency they share with, tying for 46th to 48th of 1,528
Latest
Newest votes
- Resolution to approve a Plat of Survey for Parcel 2026-122 within the Magnolia development creating a parcel to facilitate transfer of ownership to Walnut Creek Church. — passed
- Consider waiving the increase in water bill at [address withheld]. — passed
- Consider waiving irrigation fees to match historical usage at [address withheld]. — passed
Newest official remarks
- City Engineer John Dostart stated he would drive past the location and get back to her.
- Community Development Director John Shaw stated this resolution is to approve a Plat of Survey for Parcel 2026-122 within the Magnolia development generally located on the east side of 1st Ave S between 36th St SE to the north and city limits to the south. The parcel (2026-122) is 5.70 acres in size. The purpose is to create a new tax parcel to facilitate the transfer of ownership to Walnut Creek Church to allow the church to acquire the parcel with plans for future development.
- Finance Director Andy Lent stated this is the first budget amendment for FY27. The amendment is mainly to move the spending authority for several projects, such as the Fiber Optic Project, the
What's new
- Flock's portal for Altoona, read October 25: 566,286 vehicles detected, 114 searches, 8,580 hotlist hits
- Flock's portal for Altoona, read October 24: 563,306 vehicles detected, 122 searches, 8,537 hotlist hits
- Flock's portal for Altoona, read October 23: 559,536 vehicles detected, 143 searches, 8,517 hotlist hits