Flock & ALPR Cameras in Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Volunteers have reported 13 automated license plate readers in and around Steamboat Springs — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Contract Canceled
Steamboat Springs is on the record here. Steamboat Springs Police Chief Mark Beckett directed the city's six fixed Flock ALPR cameras deactivated immediately after a contentious August 25, 2026 public forum. A city release said the city plans to end its Flock contract. Council was set to give further direction at a September 8 work session.
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No new reports near Steamboat Springs in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 22:19 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Steamboat Springs
The readers mapped around Steamboat Springs break down as 13 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Lincoln Avenue — 3 readers
- South Lincoln Avenue — 3 readers
- US 40 — 2 readers
- Elk River Road — 1 reader
- 6th Street — 1 reader
- Central Park Drive — 1 reader
- Mount Werner Road — 1 reader
- 13th Street — 1 reader
CO - Steamboat Springs PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, CO - Steamboat Springs PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 8 other agencies.
Steamboat Springs in the Routt County picture
Routt County has 14 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #424 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 19.8% nationally. That’s across 24,990 residents and 2,612 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 58.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 13 traffic.
Camera activity around Steamboat Springs, last 30 days
2 newly reported in our hourly change log for Steamboat Springs. Latest change logged Aug 29, 2026.
What’s watching Steamboat Springs
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 Steamboat Springs — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Steamboat Springs (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Steamboat Springs
What you can do in Steamboat Springs
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 Steamboat Springs
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).