Flock & ALPR Cameras in Bayfield, Colorado
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Bayfield — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Bayfield in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 16:21 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Bayfield
The readers mapped around Bayfield break down as 1 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Apr 2026.
- CR 517 — 1 reader
Bayfield in the La Plata County picture
La Plata County has 23 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #708 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 56,088 residents and 2,847 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 49.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.
What’s watching Bayfield
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Bayfield — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Bayfield (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Bayfield
- Bayfield County committee votes to defund Flock license plate cameras
- Bayfield County Flock Cameras
- Flock cameras stolen in Bayfield County
- Bayfield County's Flock cameras spark privacy debate as national concerns grow
What you can do in Bayfield
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Bayfield
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).