A routine knock on the door turned into a terrifying civil rights nightmare for Colorado resident Chrisanna Elser. In September 2025, a local police officer showed up at her Denver home and aggressively accused her of stealing a $25 package from a porch in the nearby town of Bow Mar.
The primary evidence? A vast, automated network of Flock Safety license plate readers that simply placed her vehicle in the general vicinity of the crime. A year later, Elser is officially fighting back. On October 5, 2026, she filed a massive federal lawsuit against the Columbine Valley Police Department, Sgt. Jamie Milliman, and Flock Safety in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
“Zero Doubt”
The intense confrontation between Elser and Sgt. Milliman was entirely captured on home doorbell footage. Upon arriving at the residence, Milliman proudly boasted about the sheer scale of the local surveillance network…