Flock Safety state seed: Iowa

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  "_id": "starintel:analysis:flock-state:ia:2026-07-25",
  "assessment": {
    "confidence": 0.88
  },
  "data": {
    "conclusions": [
      "30 locality recursion targets were generated for Iowa."
    ],
    "confidence": 0.88,
    "findings": [
      "30 Atlas-indexed Flock agency records",
      "27 cities and 17 counties represented",
      "At least 253 cameras across 17 rows with parseable quantities"
    ],
    "limitations": [
      "Atlas is incomplete and records may be historical.",
      "Camera total is a lower bound."
    ],
    "method": "Filtered the July 25, 2026 Atlas ALPR CSV for Flock Safety and the state code.",
    "question": "What is the documented Flock footprint in Iowa?",
    "scope": "Iowa",
    "unresolved": [
      "State lobbying registrations",
      "State procurement vehicles and grants",
      "Current locality contracts, policies, sharing, audits, personnel, and termination status"
    ]
  },
  "dataset": "flock-safety-national-state-locality-seed-2026-07-25",
  "date_added": "2026-07-25T17:58:54-04:00",
  "date_updated": "2026-07-25T17:58:54-04:00",
  "dtype": "analysis",
  "evidence": [],
  "extensions": {
    "starintel.national_flock_seed": {
      "atlas_record_count": 30,
      "city_count": 27,
      "county_count": 17,
      "parseable_camera_total_lower_bound": 253,
      "top_quantified_deployments": [
        {
          "agency": "West Des Moines Police Department",
          "camera_count": 56,
          "city": "West Des Moines",
          "county": "Polk County"
        },
        {
          "agency": "University of Iowa Police Department",
          "camera_count": 30,
          "city": "Iowa City",
          "county": "Johnson County"
        },
        {
          "agency": "Council Bluffs Police Department",
          "camera_count": 25,
          "city": "Council Bluffs",
          "county": "Pottawattamie County"
        },
        {
          "agency": "Dubuque Police Department",
          "camera_count": 22,
          "city": "Dubuque",
          "county": "Dubuque County"
        },
        {
          "agency": "Urbandale Police Department",
          "camera_count": 21,
          "city": "Urbandale",
          "county": "Polk County"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "geospatial": {
    "country": "United States",
    "country_code": "US",
    "jurisdiction": "Iowa",
    "state": "Iowa"
  },
  "handling": {
    "pii": false,
    "sensitive": false,
    "visibility": "public"
  },
  "related_ids": [
    "starintel:location:us-state:ia",
    "starintel:org:flock-safety",
    "starintel:source:atlas-of-surveillance-alpr-export-2026-07-25",
    "starintel:investigation-target:flock-state:ia"
  ],
  "schema_version": "0.9.0",
  "sources": [
    {
      "kind": "web",
      "name": "Atlas of Surveillance ALPR search",
      "publisher": "Electronic Frontier Foundation",
      "title": "Atlas of Surveillance ALPR search",
      "uri": "https://www.atlasofsurveillance.org/search?sort=state_asc&technologies=automated-license-plate-readers",
      "url": "https://www.atlasofsurveillance.org/search?sort=state_asc&technologies=automated-license-plate-readers"
    },
    {
      "kind": "dataset",
      "name": "Atlas of Surveillance ALPR CSV export",
      "publisher": "Electronic Frontier Foundation",
      "title": "Atlas of Surveillance ALPR CSV export",
      "uri": "https://kiosk.atlasofsurveillance.org/download.csv?sort=state_asc&technologies%5B%5D=automated-license-plate-readers",
      "url": "https://kiosk.atlasofsurveillance.org/download.csv?sort=state_asc&technologies%5B%5D=automated-license-plate-readers"
    },
    {
      "kind": "web",
      "name": "Flock Safety license plate readers",
      "publisher": "Flock Safety",
      "title": "Flock Safety license plate readers",
      "uri": "https://www.flocksafety.com/products/license-plate-readers",
      "url": "https://www.flocksafety.com/products/license-plate-readers"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Iowa: 30 Atlas-indexed Flock agency records; 253 cameras quantified as a lower bound.",
  "title": "Flock Safety state seed: Iowa",
  "verification": {
    "status": "dataset-indexed",
    "verified": false
  },
  "version": 1,
  "workflow": {
    "max_depth": 3,
    "queue": "flock-national-state-recursion",
    "recursion_depth": 1,
    "research_status": "seeded",
    "root_target_id": "starintel:investigation-target:flock-national"
  }
}