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Colorado has 2,779 mapped plate readers. 2,338 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
Aurora has the most (268), then Denver (146) and Colorado Springs (119). The first Flock-tagged one was mapped Oct 28, 2024. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes.
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Flock cameras in Colorado by city
A city links to its own page once enough readers are mapped there.
Plate readers mapped in Colorado each month
Plate readers of any maker added to the map each month, not only Flock-tagged ones. Lighter bars are estimates from the first-mapped dates of current points.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock-tagged readers first mapped each month
Each row counts the Flock-tagged readers first mapped that month, newest first. Months with none are left out. Each one carries the date it was first mapped.
| Month | First mapped that month | Top cities |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 55 | 8 in Denver and 8 in Grand Junction |
| Sep 2026 | 55 | 5 in Cherry Hills Village and 4 in Aurora |
| Aug 2026 | 169 | 11 in Colorado Springs and 11 in Commerce City |
| Jul 2026 | 196 | 41 in Grand Junction and 18 in Aurora |
| Jun 2026 | 88 | 8 in Breckenridge and 7 in Pueblo |
| May 2026 | 70 | 5 in Aurora and 4 in Denver |
| Apr 2026 | 92 | 16 in Aurora and 9 in Four Square Mile |
| Mar 2026 | 68 | 20 in Aurora and 4 in Broomfield |
| Feb 2026 | 102 | 10 in Aurora and 10 in Castle Rock |
| Jan 2026 | 144 | 18 in Aurora and 17 in Denver |
| Dec 2025 | 163 | 20 in Aurora and 19 in Lakewood |
| Nov 2025 | 177 | 25 in Denver and 17 in Aurora |
Who runs the Flock cameras in Colorado
Most don't say who runs them. The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 59 agencies in Colorado that use plate readers.
- Private operators, not named 102
- Boulder Police Department 32
- Larimer County Sheriff's Office 20
- Boulder County Sheriff's Office 11
- Park Meadows 10
- Lone Tree Police Department 7
- Broomfield Police Department 6
- Castle Rock 5
- Omni Hotels & Resorts 5
- WestWind Management 5
Plate reader law in Colorado
| Topic | Colorado |
|---|---|
| Status | Law, from a secondary source |
| Law | C.R.S. § 24-72-113 (passive surveillance records; not plate-reader specific) |
| What it does | Requires government passive-surveillance images, which secondary sources say include plate-reader images, to be destroyed after three years, with access after the first year only for listed reasons. |
| How long it is kept | 3 years |
| Public records law | Colorado Open Records Act, C.R.S. § 24-72-201 et seq. |
| Checked |
See Colorado plate reader law next to the other states.
Flock cameras in Colorado: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Colorado?
2,338 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Colorado, as of November 7, 2026. The real number may be higher or lower: the map shows only the cameras mapped so far.
Which cities in Colorado have the most Flock cameras?
By mapped count: Aurora (268), Denver (146) and Colorado Springs (119). The city list on this page shows each city with a Flock-tagged reader.
Is each mapped camera still there?
Not always. A point shows where someone mapped a camera. 9 of the 2,338 carry a date when a volunteer last checked them on the ground.
Colorado's plate reader data
From OpenStreetMap, under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. A free copy goes to anyone who asks: how it is made and how to ask.
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2,792 cameras listed or mapped in Colorado 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.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, 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
- National Conference of State Legislatures, Automated License Plate Readers: State Statutes: plate reader laws by state, checked Oct 25, 2026
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Open Government Guide: public records law, checked Oct 25, 2026
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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