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La Plata

Using license-plate readers · 1 agency documented

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Durango Police Department

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
13
13 fixed Flock cameras plus one inactive mobile camera (June 2026 council report); an earlier figure of 21 included trailer and other equipment.
Contract
Flock Safety: $47,000 year · to Sept. 2027 · An earlier Durango Herald report (publication date not shown on the page) put one-time fees at $59,400 and the annual fee at $47,000. A June 2026 Herald report put fixed cameras at $3,000 each per year, about $42,000 annually before installation. KSUT (Dec. 2025) said the contract runs to September 2027; in Sept. 2026 the department said it would not renew with Flock in 2027. (The Durango Herald, date not shown; The Durango Herald, date not shown; KSUT Public Radio, Dec. 9, 2025; Rocky Mountain PBS, Sept. 3, 2026)
Sources
The Durango Herald, date not shown; Rocky Mountain PBS, Sept. 3, 2026; The Durango Herald, date not shown
  1. 2023 Durango police began using the Flock system. (KSUT Public Radio, Dec. 9, 2025; Rocky Mountain PBS, April 20, 2026)
  2. June 2026 Police presented City Council a monthly Flock report: 794 searches from May 10 to June 9, 2026; councilors asked for continued monthly reporting. (The Durango Herald, date not shown)
  3. Sept. 2026 The department said it will not renew its Flock contract in 2027 and plans to switch to Axon plate readers, citing privacy, data sharing, security, cost and investigative effectiveness. (Rocky Mountain PBS, Sept. 3, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • June 2026 report: the department shares data with 648 agencies; agencies with 287(g) immigration agreements were removed from sharing, and access is audited weekly. An earlier, undated Herald report put the number of agencies receiving Durango's data at 271.
  • Updated policy (Sept. 2026): each search tied to a case; data older than seven days requires reasonable suspicion and supervisor approval; routine data kept up to 21 days.
  • The June 2026 Herald report is undated and names only a Tuesday council meeting; the month and year are inferred from the May 10 to June 9 search window it reports. The non-renewal was reported Sept. 3, 2026; the exact announcement date was not given. Axon cost and start date not reported.

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.