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License-plate readers · Mesa

Mesa

Using license-plate readers · 2 agencies documented

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Grand Junction Police Department

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
Count not documented
Count not reported. KKCO (Jan. 2026) named camera sites near Canyon View Park, the Home Depot on Patterson Road and Mesa Mall.
Sources
KKCO 11 News, Jan. 29, 2026
Conflicts and open questions
  • In a Jan. 2026 KKCO report, GJPD Investigations Commander Sean Crocker described the department's use of Flock cameras to identify vehicles by color, make and plate in criminal investigations.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Mesa County Sheriff's Office

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions
Cameras
22
11 Motorola and 11 Flock plate-reader cameras, as described at an Aug. 2026 commissioners' hearing.
Sources
KKCO 11 News, Aug. 18, 2026
  1. Aug. 18, 2026 At a public hearing before the Mesa County commissioners, sheriff's office Operations Division Chief Art Smith described the camera program's use limits and search logging; no vote was reported. (KKCO 11 News, Aug. 18, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Commissioner Cody Davis said the county had used Flock for about a year and Motorola-type plate-reader technology for about 15 years (as of Aug. 2026).
  • The sheriff's office said its plate data is shared only with other Colorado law enforcement agencies and that searches are restricted to official investigations; listed prohibited uses include immigration matters and traffic-only enforcement.
  • Each search is logged with the user, time, case number and reason, per the sheriff's office.
  • KKCO linked a Flock transparency portal for the agency (transparency.flocksafety.com/mesa-county-co-so); the portal could not be loaded for this review.

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.