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Cameras in Boulder, CO
13 red light camera locations, 56 mapped plate readers and a speed camera program in Boulder.
Plate readers © OpenStreetMap contributors · © OpenMapTiles
Boulder, by camera type.
Boulder: 56 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Lafayette 36, Broomfield 71, Erie 36 and Longmont 31.
Speed cameras in Boulder
Boulder runs a speed camera program (running, checked Oct 23, 2026), not yet on this map.
2 more speed or red light cameras are on the map, counted apart from official lists.
- Speed cameras · Running (checked Oct 23, 2026) City of Boulder ↗ · current status not dated
The law, in short:
State law and local ordinance, statewide (C.R.S. § 42-4-110.5, citation not yet confirmed).
Red light cameras in Boulder
From City of Boulder, all on the map.
- Red light cameras · Running (checked Oct 23, 2026) 13 locations listed by City of Boulder City of Boulder ↗ · current status not dated
The law, in short:
State law and local ordinance, statewide (C.R.S. § 42-4-110.5, citation not yet confirmed).
License plate readers in Boulder
56 plate readers are on the map in Boulder, and 54 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. 35 of 56 say who runs them. Boulder Police Department is tagged on 30.
First-mapped dates here run from Nov 5, 2024 to Sep 8, 2026. 31 of the 56 were first mapped in 2024, with 27 in November alone.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 3 agencies based in Boulder that use plate readers, among them Boulder Police Department.
Who can search plate reads in Boulder
74 agencies can search reads from the Boulder Police Department’s plate readers, by its posted sharing list (Oct 14, 2026). Its portal says it keeps each read for 14 days.
Boulder Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- 74
- Other organizations on its list
- 3
- Keeps each read for
- 14 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 31
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 25
Its transparency portal, as of Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Get one summary email a month on new plate readers in Boulder
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
Traffic cameras in Boulder
No traffic camera feed is listed for Boulder yet.
Camera tickets in Boulder
Follow the instructions and the deadline on the notice.
Know when cameras in Boulder change.
Free email alerts for cameras on your routes that start issuing tickets. One summary email a month.
- In your monthly summary: the day a camera near you starts issuing tickets
- New cameras mapped or reported near you
- What plate readers keep, and who runs them
- Your street, your distance, the camera types you pick
156,883 cameras listed or mapped so far.
Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- City of Boulder: speed camera program, running, checked Oct 23, 2026
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, speed and red light cameras, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
- City of Boulder, Colorado: Camera locations: City of Boulder (CC0 1.0). Read November 7, 2026.
- US Census Bureau: city boundary (cartographic file 2025)
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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