Flock & ALPR Cameras in Montrose County, Colorado
Volunteers have reported 38 automated license plate readers across Montrose County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 30 Rekor camera newly reported
- Sep 24 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Montrose County compares nationally
Montrose County ranks #286 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 13.3% nationally. The count covers 43,272 residents and 2,731 miles of county roads — 6.7018 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Montrose County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Montrose County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Montrose
What you can do in Montrose
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.