County record · Iowa

Pottawattamie County

3 Deployments on record

2 Agencies

2 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 2 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · none on record 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

Council Bluffs Police Department

Council Bluffs · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Council Bluffs

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

As of April 2024, the Council Bluffs Police Department operates 25 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock Safety The News & Observer The News & Observer

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Council Bluffs Police Department operates one DJI Mavic drone as of 2019, 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.ketv.com

Carter Lake Police Department

Carter Lake · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Carter Lake

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Clinton Carter Lake Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers..

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Newton Daily News

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