Cedar Rapids IA PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Sat Jul 19 2025
Overview
Cedar Rapids IA PD uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Cedar Rapids IA PD utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Cedar Rapids IA PD utilizes real time alerting of hotlist vehicles to capture wanted criminals. In an effort to ensure proper usage and guardrails are in place, they have made the below policies and usage statistics available to the public.
Policies
What's Detected
License Plates, Vehicles
What's Not Detected
Facial recognition, People, Gender, Race
Acceptable Use Policy
Data is used for law enforcement purposes only. Data is owned by Cedar Rapids IA PD and is never sold to 3rd parties.
Prohibited Uses
Immigration enforcement, traffic enforcement, harassment or intimidation, usage based solely on a protected class (i.e. race, sex, religion), Personal use.
Access Policy
All system access requires a valid reason and is stored indefinitely.
Hotlist Policy
Hotlist hits are required to be human verified prior to action.
Usage
Data retention (in days)
30 days
Number of LPR and other cameras
71
External organizations with access
Altoona IA PD, Ankeny IA PD, Arnolds Park IA PD, Bettendorf IA PD, Burlington IA PD, Camanche IA PD, Carlisle IA PD, Carter Lake IA PD, Cedar County IA SO, Cedar Rapids IA PD, Clarke County IA SO, Clinton IA PD, Clive IA PD, Coralville IA PD, Council Bluffs IA PD, Davenport IA PD, Dubuque IA PD, Earlham IA PD, Fremont County IA SO, Greene County IA SO, IA - Eldridge PD, IA - Storm Lake PD, Indianola IA PD, Iowa Department of Corrections, Iowa State University IA PD, Jasper County Sheriff IA , Johnston IA PD, Le Mars IA PD, Linn County IA SO, Mar Mac IA PD, Marcus IA PD, Marion IA PD, Marshall County IA SO, Marshalltown IA PD, Newton IA PD, North Liberty IA PD, Ottumwa IA PD, Pleasant Hill IA PD, Polk City IA PD, Polk County Conservation IA, Pottawattamie County IA SO , Sergeant Bluff IA PD , Sioux City IA PD, University of Iowa PD (IA), Urbandale IA PD, Wapello County IA SO, Warren County IA SO, Washington IA PD, Waterloo IA PD, Waukee IA PD, Waukon IA PD, West Des Moines IA PD, Woodbury County IA SO
Hotlists Alerted On
NCIC, NCMEC Amber Alert
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
458,153
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
13,641
Searches in the last 30 days
1,516
Additional Info
Full ALPR Policy
Cedar Rapid PD's full ALPR policy can be found at the following link: https://public.powerdms.com/CRPDIA/tree/documents/139229