Flock & ALPR Cameras in Thornton, Colorado
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Thornton — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Thornton in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:12 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Thornton
The readers mapped around Thornton break down as 3 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2024; the most recent in Nov 2025.
- Grange Hall Creek Trail — 1 reader
- Holly Street — 1 reader
- East 104th Avenue — 1 reader
Thornton CO PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Thornton CO PD runs 16 cameras of its own, has logged 597 plate-database searches, has captured 678,571 vehicle records. Its network connects to 1,607 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Acworth GA PD, Ada County ID SO, Adairsville GA PD, Adams County CO SO, Adams County WA SO, Addison IL PD, Adrian MI PD, Akron OH PD.
Thornton in the Adams County picture
Adams County has 153 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,043 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 524,408 residents and 3,103 road miles. By road density that is 0.05 cameras per road mile, in the top 12.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic.
What’s watching Thornton
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 Thornton — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Thornton (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Thornton
What you can do in Thornton
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 Thornton
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).