County record · Iowa
Wapello County
2
Deployments on record
2
Agencies
2
Technology categories
Technology presence
ALPR · 1
Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record
Face recognition · none on record
Drones / UAS · none on record
Gunshot detection · none on record
Body-worn & dashcam · 1
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
Ottumwa Police Department
Body-worn & dashcam
The Ottumwa Police Department received a Small, Rural and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program grant for $21,930 for 40 body-worn cameras in 2023.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Justice & Security StrategiesJustice & Security Strategies
Wapello County Sheriff's Office
ALPR
Vendor: Flock Safety
The Wapello County Sheriff's Office operates four Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026