County record · Iowa

Dubuque County

4 Deployments on record

2 Agencies

3 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 1 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 2 Doorbell & camera registry · none on record Cell-site simulators · none on record Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

Dubuque Police Department

Dubuque · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Dubuque

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Dubuque Police Department operates 22 Flock Safety automated license plate readers and other cameras as of June 2025. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock Safety

Body-worn & dashcam

The Dubuque Police Department implemented a body-worn camera program in 2017.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Dubuque

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Dubuque Police Department operates one DJI Inspire drone as of 2017, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College www.telegraphherald.com www.kcrg.com

Dubuque County Sheriff's Office

Dubuque · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Dubuque County

Body-worn & dashcam

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $57,242 to the Dubuque County Sheriff's Office in 2018 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): U.S Department of Justice

Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026