Flock & ALPR Cameras in Denver, Colorado
Volunteers have reported 40 automated license plate readers in and around Denver — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Contract Rejected
Denver is on the record here. City council voted unanimously to reject the $66,000 contract extension with Flock Safety after public pushback and concerns over privacy, civil liberties, and sharing data with federal agencies.
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- Sep 9 Axon Enterprise camera newly reported
- Sep 9 Axon Enterprise camera newly reported
- Sep 9 Axon Enterprise camera newly reported
- Sep 9 Axon Enterprise camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Denver
The readers mapped around Denver break down as 20 Axon Enterprise, 18 Flock Safety, 6 Neology, Inc.. Named operators in the reports: Denver Police Department, The Home Depot. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2024; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- North Speer Boulevard — 4 readers
- Pearl Street — 4 readers
- North Federal Boulevard — 3 readers
- Grand Army of the Republic Highway — 3 readers
- West Alameda Avenue — 3 readers
- North Valley Highway — 2 readers
- 38th Street — 2 readers
- North Brighton Boulevard — 2 readers
- West Colfax Avenue — 2 readers
- East 31st Avenue — 2 readers
- East Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard — 2 readers
- South Federal Boulevard — 2 readers
+ 13 more streets and roads mapped around Denver — all on the live map above.
Denver CO PD and the sharing network
Denver in the Denver County picture
Denver County has 212 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,026 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 713,734 residents and 1,161 road miles. By road density that is 0.18 cameras per road mile, in the top 1.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 29 traffic, 3 parking. Operators named on the record: Denver Police Department (4), The Home Depot (1).
Camera activity around Denver, last 30 days
9 newly reported, 23 removed in our hourly change log for Denver. Latest change logged Sep 9, 2026.
What’s watching Denver
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 Denver — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Denver (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Denver
- 4 license plate readers reported removed near Denver, CO
- 16 license plate readers reported removed near Denver, CO
- 6 new license plate readers reported around Denver, CO
- Denver — Health and Safety Committee: SoundThinking (ShotSpotter) Contract Amendment
What you can do in Denver
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 Denver
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).