A controversial $150,000, one-year contract with the surveillance camera company replacing Flock Safety will be fast-tracked for a full Denver City Council vote next Monday.
The automatic license plate reading technology from Axon would replace some of the 100-plus cameras from Flock, a company that came under fire over how the information it collected was used in federal immigration investigations. (Flock still has a presence in Denver through a network of private cameras.)
Members of the council’s Health and Safety Committee grilled the mayor’s office, the police department and Axon about the technology, and whether the city could prevent data collected from being abused by the federal government…