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Cameras in Thornton, CO
35 mapped plate readers, a speed camera program and a red light camera program in Thornton.
Plate readers © OpenStreetMap contributors · © OpenMapTiles
Thornton, by camera type.
Thornton: 35 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Northglenn 41, Westminster 49, Broomfield 71 and Commerce City 60.
Speed cameras in Thornton
Thornton runs a speed camera program (running, checked Oct 23, 2026), not yet on this map.
- Speed cameras · Running (checked Oct 23, 2026) Thornton Police Department ↗ · 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 Thornton
Thornton runs a red light camera program (running, checked Oct 23, 2026), not yet on this map.
- Red light cameras · Running (checked Oct 23, 2026) Thornton Police Department ↗ · 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 Thornton
35 plate readers are on the map in Thornton, and 32 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
First-mapped dates here run from Nov 15, 2024 to Oct 9, 2026. 18 of the 35 were first mapped in 2025, with 13 in March alone.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Thornton Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Who can search plate reads in Thornton
1,453 agencies can search reads from the Thornton Police Department’s plate readers, by its posted sharing list (Oct 14, 2026). Its portal says it keeps each read for 30 days.
Thornton Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- 1,453
- Other organizations on its list
- 14
- Keeps each read for
- 30 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 16
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 244
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 Thornton
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
Traffic cameras in Thornton
No traffic camera feed is listed for Thornton yet.
Camera tickets in Thornton
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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.
- Thornton Police Department: speed camera program, running, checked Oct 23, 2026
- 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
- 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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