Flock & ALPR Cameras in Derby, Colorado
Volunteers have reported 23 automated license plate readers in and around Derby — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 23 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Derby, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside Derby itself.
The rest sit in Commerce City (22), Thornton (1).
2 of them name an operator in the record: Lowe's (2). The operator is who runs the camera, which is not always the local government.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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No new reports near Derby in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 15:27 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Derby
The readers mapped around Derby break down as 23 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2024; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- East 72nd Avenue — 5 readers
- East 88th Avenue — 3 readers
- Monaco Street — 2 readers
- Yosemite Street — 2 readers
- East 104th Avenue — 2 readers
- North Quebec Street Frontage — 1 reader
- East 70th Avenue — 1 reader
- East 67th Avenue — 1 reader
- Highway 2 — 1 reader
- Newport Street — 1 reader
- Commerce City — 1 reader
- East 96th Avenue — 1 reader
+ 2 more streets and roads mapped around Derby — all on the live map above.
Derby in the Adams County picture
Adams County has 153 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,043 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 524,408 residents and 3,103 road miles. By road density that is 0.05 cameras per road mile, in the top 12.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 14 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (2).
Camera activity around Derby, last 30 days
13 newly reported, 12 removed in our hourly change log for Derby. Latest change logged Sep 1, 2026.
What’s watching Derby
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 Derby — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Derby (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Derby
- 9 license plate readers reported removed near Derby, CO
- 6 new license plate readers reported around Derby, CO
- 3 license plate readers reported removed near Derby, CO
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Derby, CO
What you can do in Derby
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 Derby
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).