Altoona, Iowa Independent public-records desk

What this site is

Public records on Altoona, Iowa’s City Council, police, and the automated license-plate-reader (ALPR) program — each figure below is sourced, dated, and links to the record behind it.

2,196,031 Vehicles detected, last 30 days Flock 565,359 (as of October 14, 2026) · Axon 1,630,672 (as of October 14, 2026). Vendor-reported. Axon counts plate reads kept under its 30-day retention rule; neither vendor counts unique vehicles. 67 known Known cameras in Altoona: community-mapped, unverified From the volunteer camera map as of October 11, 2026, not an official count; the police department publishes no camera list. Vendor-reported: Flock 51 (as of October 14, 2026) · Axon: its portal does not publish a camera count. Monday, October 19, 2026 Next Council meeting Council meeting, Monday, October 19, 2026, 6:30 P.M. · Altoona City Hall Council Chambers, 900 Venbury Dr., Altoona, IA 50009. Expected, agenda not yet posted. Regular meetings are typically the first and third Monday of the month, 6:30 P.M. 1 roll call, all passed Latest minutes: Council workshop, Monday, September 28, 2026 0 public-comment speakers. Open the full roll call, remarks, and public comment. Last meeting: Monday, October 5, 2026, held, minutes not yet posted.

The agenda for the council meeting on October 19, 2026 is not posted yet. City agendas archive (opens in a new tab)⁠

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Camera tools

How close are the plate cameras to your street?

The distance to the nearest community-mapped camera, how many are within a mile, and how your block compares with the rest of Altoona.

Where does the community map show no camera nearby?

Red sits close to a mapped camera and green is far from every one. Open the full map to drag the distance, widen the area to 10 miles or the metro, and compare Altoona with the cities around it.

Open the coverage map

Heat map of Altoona shaded red near community-mapped cameras and green far from them, the map's default view. — The default view. Community-mapped cameras, unverified.

Explore the record

Council

Council & votes

Every recorded roll-call vote, with each member’s position and a source link.

4,267 roll calls Across 303 of 393 known Council meetings since January 1, 2014, workshops included (307 regular, 78 special, 1 budget, 7 workshops); 89 meetings’ minutes missing or image-only.

Mayor Council Police City official

People

Profiles for the Mayor, Council, police, and other city officials named in the record.

74 current profiles Titles, terms, minutes-sourced remarks, and where each person appears on the site: reference material, not a spotlight.

ALPR tracker

The cameras residents have mapped, plus the vendors’ own camera counts, plate reads, and hotlist hits for Altoona PD’s ALPR program.

16,268 hotlist hits, last 30 days Flock 8,313 (as of October 14, 2026) · Axon 7,955 (as of October 14, 2026). Vendor-reported alerts, not confirmed stops or arrests.

Police

The department’s 2025 annual report in its own words, its roster, pay schedules, and what the records don’t establish.

Report quotes Each beside the site’s position, labeled as such.