Coralville reconsiders license plate readers after letter from Attorney General

Attorney General asks Coralville to remove ICE restrictions from Flock cameras

Lang 2/12/26 Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has sent a letter to Coralville officials requesting the city drop its restrictions on allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to access its Flock cameras. The cameras alert law enforcement when a vehicle identified through an Amber or Silver alert is detected. They also save plate numbers and other information for 30 days to cross reference arrest warrant and missing vehicle databases. Coralvi…

Coralville reconsiders license plate readers after letter from Attorney General

(Radio Iowa) – Coralville city council members are looking to reconsider the city’s contract for automated license plate readers after getting a letter from the Attorney General’s office. The A-G’s letter says certain parts of the city’s policy prohibiting the readers from being used for immigration enforcement purposes don’t comply with state and federal laws. Council member Mike Knudson says he supports revisiting the city’s contract for the c…