DENVER — Dozens of concerned citizens and advocates gathered in front of the Denver City and County Building on Monday to demand that Mayor Mike Johnston turn off the city’s automated license plate readers.
Denver 7 has been following the controversy over license plate readers in Denver for the past few months.
The cameras take thousands of pictures every day of cars traveling through intersections across the city. The Denver Police Department says the cameras have been effective in helping them fight crime, but citizen groups say it’s an invasion of privacy and worry the data could be used to help federal immigration authorities.
- Denver7 Investigates took an in-depth look at license plate readers and the surrounding controversy in the story below
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License plate reader remains hot-button issue in Denver | Denver7 Investigates
“These cameras become pipelines into the deportation machine,” said Gladis Ibarra, the executive director of the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition. “One camera scan can lead to a traffic stop. That traffic stop can lead to ICE custody, family separation, deportation, and detention.”…