Flock & ALPR Cameras in Grand Junction, Colorado
Volunteers have reported 28 automated license plate readers in and around Grand Junction — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Grand Junction in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:28 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
π· 12 new license plate readers just reported around Grand Junction, CO. Newly mapped by volunteers β see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #GrandJunction
Where the cameras are in Grand Junction
The readers mapped around Grand Junction break down as 27 Flock Safety, 1 of unrecorded make. The first camera here was reported in Oct 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- North Avenue — 7 readers
- Patterson Road — 3 readers
- Rimrock Avenue — 2 readers
- Bogart Lane — 2 readers
- U.S. 6 & 50 — 2 readers
- Grand Avenue — 2 readers
- Pitkin Avenue — 2 readers
- North 12th Street — 1 reader
- Mantlo Circle — 1 reader
- Cactus Drive — 1 reader
- Little Park Road — 1 reader
- Horizon Drive — 1 reader
+ 3 more streets and roads mapped around Grand Junction — all on the live map above.
Grand Junction CO PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Grand Junction CO PD runs 11 cameras of its own, has logged 175 plate-database searches, has captured 90,195 vehicle records. Its network connects to 76 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Arapahoe County CO SO, Archuleta County CO SO, Arvada CO PD, Aurora CO PD, Avon CO PD, Basalt CO PD, Boulder County CO SO, Breckenridge CO PD.
Grand Junction in the Mesa County picture
Mesa County has 43 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,097 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 157,316 residents and 3,934 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 41.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 27 traffic, 1 parking.
What’s watching Grand Junction
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 Grand Junction — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Grand Junction (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Grand Junction
- Grand Junction man charged with shooting Flock cameras
- Sheriff's Office defends use of Flock cameras
- Colorado ALPR Laws: Grand Junction Plate Reader Guide
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Grand Junction, CO
What you can do in Grand Junction
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 Grand Junction
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).