Flock & ALPR Cameras in Fountain, Colorado
Volunteers have reported 16 automated license plate readers in and around Fountain — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Fountain in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 13:27 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Fountain
The readers mapped around Fountain break down as 14 Flock Safety, 3 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2024; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Fountain Mesa Road — 3 readers
- Jimmy Camp Road — 2 readers
- Santa Fe Avenue — 2 readers
- Comanche Village Drive — 2 readers
- Squirrel Creek Road — 1 reader
- C and S Road — 1 reader
- Watchmen Road — 1 reader
- Old Pueblo Road — 1 reader
- Link Road — 1 reader
- John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway — 1 reader
- Park Glen Drive — 1 reader
- West Ohio Avenue — 1 reader
Fountain CO PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Fountain CO PD runs 27 cameras of its own, has logged 174 plate-database searches, has captured 258,717 vehicle records. Its network connects to 15 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Fountain in the El Paso County picture
El Paso County has 193 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,135 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 736,008 residents and 5,587 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 18.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 15 traffic. Operators named on the record: Flock Safety (1).
What’s watching Fountain
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 Fountain — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Fountain (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Fountain
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Fountain, CO
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Fountain, CO
What you can do in Fountain
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.
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Cameras near Fountain
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).