Tag: License Plate Readers
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EDITORIAL: Axon cameras will aid Denver’s crime fight
The Denver City Council has been debating whether to adopt new license-plate reading cameras, along with the necessary hardware, after ending a contract with former vendor Flock. It was an astonishingly close call until Tuesday night, when a 7-6 majority voted to approve a contract with Axon for 50 cameras. Talk about a no-brainer. Like…
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Committee moves Axon ALPR contract to Denver City Council
A Denver City Council committee voted Wednesday to advance a proposed contract to replace the city’s current provider of automated license plate reading cameras. After a week-long delay, members of the Denver City Council’s Health and Safety Committee voted 5-2 to send the 12-month, $150,000 contract with Arizona-based camera vendor Axon to the full City…
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Anger grows as Denver mayor extends Flock camera contract
Inside a modest equipment rental building in north Denver, close to 700 people gathered for a community town hall on Wednesday evening to call for Mayor Mike Johnston to turn off the city’s 111 Flock Safety license plate-reading cameras. Just hours before the meeting, Johnston announced that the city would extend its contract with the…
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Denver mayor extends Flock camera contract against council’s wishes
Just hours before a community town hall where critics were expected to push for Denver to immediately suspend the use of its Flock Safety license plate reading cameras, Mayor Mike Johnston announced on Wednesday that the city would be extending its contract with the Atlanta-based technology company. That extension would come at no cost to…
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Big Brother or crime fighter? Elbert County says ‘no’ to license plate readers
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In a clash between personal freedoms and technology-driven public safety, the guys controlling Elbert County’s purse strings won. In May — to the dismay of the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office — its own panel of county commissioners became what is likely the first governmental entity in Colorado to challenge the reach of cutting-edge surveillance technology…