Flock & ALPR Cameras in Golden, Colorado
Volunteers have reported 7 automated license plate readers in and around Golden — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Golden in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 19:23 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Golden
The readers mapped around Golden break down as 7 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Mar 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Washington Avenue — 1 reader
- 19th Street — 1 reader
- West 56th Avenue — 1 reader
- Jefferson County — 1 reader
- North Washington Avenue — 1 reader
- Lookout Mountain Road — 1 reader
- El Diente Street — 1 reader
Golden CO PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Golden CO PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 12 other agencies.
Golden in the Jefferson County picture
Jefferson County has 209 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #853 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 579,715 residents and 2,982 road miles. By road density that is 0.07 cameras per road mile, in the top 8.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 7 traffic.
Camera activity around Golden, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Golden. Latest change logged Aug 21, 2026.
What’s watching Golden
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 Golden — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Golden (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
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What you can do in Golden
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 Golden
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).