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WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
ALL RIGHT, BRIAN, WE'LL
CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU IN A BIT.
THANKS TO AN UPDATE. NOW, AFTER
DENVER LAW ENFORCEMENT CUT TIES
WITH A CONTROVERSIAL TECH
PROVIDER, DENVER HAS BEEN
HOPING TO REPLACE LICENSE PLATE
READER CAMERAS, WHICH HAVE
DRAWN CRITICISM WITH ANOTHER
PROVIDER NAMED AXON.
THE NEW PROPOSAL HAS MET
SOME CONTROVERSY OF ITS OWN.
YOUR REPORTER, JUSTIN ADAMS,
IS LIVE IN DENVER THIS MORNING,
AND JUSTIN DENVER HELD A
MEETING TO GET PUBLIC COMMENT
LAST NIGHT. WHAT DID WE LEARN?
WELL, WE LEARNED THIS THAT
DENVER CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO
DELAY THAT VOTE UNTIL NEXT WEEK
ON THE CONTRACT WITH AXON, AS
DENVER CITY COUNCIL IS DELAYING
THE VOTE TO REPLACE THE CITY'S
LICENSE PLATE READING CAMERAS,
LEADERS NOW SAY THEY'LL TAKE
THAT VOTE NEXT TUESDAY, THE
SAME DAY THE CURRENT CONTRACT
WILL. FLOCK IS SET TO EXPIRE
RIGHT NOW, OPERATES MORE THAN
100 CAMERAS ACROSS COLORADO,
ACROSS DENVER. RATHER, THE
PROPOSED REPLACEMENT AXON WOULD
CUT THAT NUMBER IN HALF TO
ABOUT 50 CAMERAS. THE DELAY
COMES AFTER COMMUNITY PUSHBACK,
WITH SOME RESIDENTS AND COUNCIL
MEMBERS RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT
PRIVACY AND SURVEILLANCE. LAST
MAY, CITY COUNCIL REJECTED A
TWO YEAR EXTENSION WITH THE
FLOCK SAFETY CAMERA PROGRAM,
AND AT THAT TIME, DENVER POLICE
CLAIMED IT HAD LED TO