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Using license-plate readers · 4 agencies documented

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Aurora Police Department

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
100
In October 2025, Chief Todd Chamberlain said there were about 100 Flock systems. An undated Westword article, citing Flock, gave about 114. In October 2026, 12 cameras at five high schools were turned off.
Contract
Flock Safety: $65,000 period not stated · Colorado Politics put the cost of the contract for the high-school cameras at about $65,000. It did not say what period or which cameras the figure covers. (Colorado Politics, Oct. 8, 2026)
  1. 2025 APD put Flock cameras on Aurora Public Schools and Cherry Creek School District campuses. (Colorado Politics, Oct. 8, 2026)
  2. Oct. 2025 Chief Todd Chamberlain said the department had about 100 Flock systems and hoped to add more. (FOX31 KDVR (via Yahoo News), Oct. 27, 2025)
  3. May 2026 At Cherry Creek Schools' request, APD removed the cameras on that district's campuses. (Colorado Politics, Oct. 8, 2026)
  4. Oct. 2026 Several council members asked for the change, and APD turned off 12 Flock cameras in the parking lots of five Aurora high schools. Chamberlain said Flock would take them down within three weeks unless the school board started its own contract. (Colorado Politics, Oct. 8, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • The source gives the shutoff day only as Tuesday. The article was published Oct. 8, 2026.
  • In October 2025, the chief said the city had used plate-reader technology for about ten years.
  • Aurora spans Arapahoe, Adams and Douglas counties.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Castle Rock Police Department

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
Count not documented
No current count. Colorado Community Media reported about 40 LPRs in Castle Rock in January 2024.
  1. Jan. 2024 Colorado Community Media reported that Castle Rock had about 40 plate readers. (Colorado Community Media, Jan. 30, 2024)
  2. July 2026 Town Council asked staff for a report comparing Flock's data policies with those of other vendors. Councilmember Max Brooks raised the request. (Colorado Politics, July 22, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Neither the meeting date nor a vote tally was reported.
  • The 2024 count of about 40 plate readers comes from a Colorado Community Media story on Elbert County, which did not name the vendor.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Douglas County Sheriff's Office

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety, Axon
Cameras
50
50 existing Flock cameras as of July 2026, which Axon readers will replace. The Axon contract covers 100 Axon readers (50 replacements plus 50 new). The office had 35 Flock cameras in May 2025.
Contract
Flock Safety: $135,000 year · from March 2022 · Denver7 reported in May 2025 that the cameras cost the county $135,000 a year. Installation began in March 2022. (Denver7, May 6, 2025)
Contract
Axon: $22,800,000 total · from Jan. 1, 2027 · approved by Board of County Commissioners · A 10-year contract of nearly $22.8 million that includes 100 Axon Outpost plate readers and drone-as-first-responder aircraft. The first-year purchase is $1.9 million. The vote tally was not reported. (Denver Gazette, July 15, 2026; Axios, July 23, 2026)
  1. March 2022 Flock cameras began going up. (Denver7, May 6, 2025)
  2. May 2025 Commissioners approved $91,000 for more cameras at trailheads. (Denver Gazette, July 15, 2026)
  3. July 2026 County commissioners approved a 10-year Axon contract of nearly $22.8 million to replace the office's 50 Flock cameras and add 50 more readers and a drone program. Sheriff Darren Weekly said he no longer trusted Flock. (Denver Gazette, July 15, 2026; Axios, July 23, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • The Denver Gazette gives the approval day only as Tuesday. The story was published July 15, 2026.
  • Under the Axon system, plate data is kept 30 days unless tied to an investigation, with quarterly audits and oversight by the 23rd Judicial District Attorney's Office.
  • The Axon contract starts Jan. 1, 2027. The sources do not say when the Flock cameras will come down.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Parker Police Department

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
Count not documented
Count not reported. The department has an 'existing network' of Flock cameras.
  1. Aug. 2026 Axios reported that Parker will keep its existing Flock cameras and that any new readers would be Axon. (Axios, Aug. 4, 2026)
  2. Aug. 24, 2026 At a study session, Town Council reviewed a proposal to add 10 Axon plate readers, about $175,000 a year, to the department's roughly $530,000-a-year Axon contract, along with a drone program. No vote or direction was given. (Colorado Politics, Aug. 24, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • The Axon readers are proposed, not purchased, so axon is not listed as a current vendor.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Statewide

  1. May 23, 2025 Gov. Jared Polis signed SB25-276. It extends existing limits on disclosing personal identifying information for federal immigration enforcement from state agencies to counties, cities and other local governments, with civil penalties for intentional violations. The bill text summary does not mention plate readers specifically. Local officials, such as Longmont's police chief, have cited Colorado's bar on sharing personal information for immigration enforcement in discussing plate-reader data. (Complete Colorado, June 9, 2025; ACLU of Colorado, date not shown; Colorado General Assembly, date not shown; Boulder Reporting Lab, Dec. 11, 2025)
  2. 2026 Colorado law currently lets government agencies keep plate-reader data for as long as three years, according to SB26-070 sponsor Sen. Lynda Zamora Wilson (via Colorado Newsline) and CBS Colorado. Flock's default retention is 30 days, CBS Colorado reported. (Colorado Newsline, April 29, 2026; CBS Colorado, Sept. 22, 2025)
  3. Feb. 2026 The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced SB26-070 on a 5-2 vote, with Sens. John Carson and Dylan Roberts opposed. Colorado Newsline reported the vote as taking place on a Monday; its story is dated Feb. 24, 2026. The bill would have required a warrant for plate-reader database searches once three days had passed since a crime, blocked most sharing with out-of-state agencies, prohibited sale of historical data, required audits of who accesses the data, and limited retention to 30 days unless an active investigation needed more. Sponsor: Sen. Lynda Zamora Wilson; co-sponsors Sen. Judy Amabile and Reps. Yara Zokaie and Kenny Nguyen. (Colorado Newsline, Feb. 24, 2026)
  4. April 2026 SB26-070 died on the Senate floor when, at its sponsors' request, it was laid over until July 4, after the session's end. Colorado Newsline reported the day as a Wednesday in a story dated April 29, 2026. Sen. Judy Amabile told Colorado Newsline that Gov. Polis had threatened to veto the bill if it kept the warrant requirement; the governor's office did not immediately respond to the outlet. Police, sheriffs, district attorneys and cities opposed the bill, Colorado Public Radio reported. (Colorado Newsline, April 29, 2026; Colorado Public Radio, April 30, 2026)

State agencies

Colorado State Patrol

Status
Program documented, current use unconfirmed
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
Count not documented
No CSP-owned plate-reader program or count was found.
  1. Nov. 27, 2025 Listed among organizations with access to Boulder PD's Flock data. (Flock Safety / Boulder Police Department, Nov. 27, 2025)
Conflicts and open questions
  • The Boulder PD Flock transparency portal (updated Nov. 27, 2025) lists the Colorado State Patrol among the organizations with access to Boulder's Flock data. That shows access to a local network, not a CSP-run camera program.

From agency records.

Colorado Bureau of Investigation

Status
Program documented, current use unconfirmed
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
Count not documented
No CBI-owned plate-reader program or count was found.
  1. Nov. 27, 2025 Listed among organizations with access to Boulder PD's Flock data. (Flock Safety / Boulder Police Department, Nov. 27, 2025)
Conflicts and open questions
  • The Boulder PD Flock portal (updated Nov. 27, 2025) lists the CBI among the organizations with access to Boulder's Flock data. No information was found on CIAC's handling of plate-reader data.

From agency records.