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 Atlanta-based technology company against the wishes of the City Council and despite public outcry over privacy concerns.
Angry and suspicious of the mayor’s new “no cost” deal with Flock, residents who poured into a large conference room inside the Geotech Environmental building spilled into overflow rooms, calling for answers and for the Johnston administration to explain its unilateral decision…