Coralville IA PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Wed Dec 03 2025
Overview
Coralville IA PD uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. Coralville IA PD utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, Coralville 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 Coralville 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
2
Organizations granted access to Coralville IA PD data
North Liberty IA PD, University of Iowa PD (IA)
Hotlists Alerted On
NCIC, NCMEC Amber Alert
Unique vehicles detected in the last 30 days
148,343
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
222
Searches in the last 30 days
69
Public Search Audit
Additional Info
Full ALPR Policy
Coralville PD's full ALPR policy can be found at the following link: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:edbfe9d4-4aac-4f14-ab93-c356702c9fbc
Recent Success Stories
Two suspects entered a local Best Buy and stole over $9,000 worth of merchandise. Surveillance footage was able to identify a sedan as the suspect vehicle. Flock cameras allowed investigators to confirm the suspect vehicle's presence and identify the individuals involved within two hours of the report. Without the Flock cameras, this case would not have been solved. During a hit-and-run investigation, Flock was used to gather information on a vehicle that fled from the scene. Officers were able to identify the vehicle involved, made contact with the registered owner, and were able to complete an accident report, allowing the victim in the case to file an insurance claim. A local ATM was attempted to be damaged during the early morning hours. Through surveillance video and a Flock search, investigators were able to enter the suspect vehicle into a hotlist. 5 other agencies across the state had this same situation happen. Because of the hotlist alert, another jurisdiction was able to take action on the suspect vehicle when it entered their town, attempting to do the same thing. A vehicle backed into a gas pump at Kum & Go, causing $11,000 worth of damage, and fled the scene. The vehicle was able to be located on Flock cameras, which developed a suspect in the case.