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IMPORTANT? YOUR REPORTER REALLY
WANTS TO SHARE IT.
DENVER'S CONTRACT WITH FLOC,
THE MAKER OF AUTOMATED LICENSE
PLATE READING CAMERAS, ENDS ON
MARCH 31ST.
BUT THE DEBATE OVER THE
CITY'S USE OF SURVEILLANCE
CAMERAS AND THE DATA THAT THEY
COLLECT IS FAR FROM OVER, AS
THE CITY CONSIDERS A CONTRACT
WITH A DIFFERENT COMPANY. YOUR
REPORTER IN DENVER, CHIERSTIN
ROTH, HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS
STORY CLOSELY FOR YOU AND
BRINGS US THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENT.
OUT WITH FLOC, IN WITH AXON,
POTENTIALLY THE NEW DEAL WITH
THE NEW LICENSE PLATE READER
SERVICE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
VOTED ON IN COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY
MORNING. HOWEVER, DENVER STILL
HAS NOT RECEIVED A FINAL
CONTRACT.
I WOULD LIKE IT SOONER ASAP.
A VOTE ON THE CONTRACT HAS
BEEN MOVED TO WEDNESDAY, MARCH
18TH. MEMBERS ARE HOPING TO
HAVE THE DETAILS IN HAND IN THE
NEXT FEW DAYS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
IN EVERY SINGLE CONTRACT
CLARITY ON HOW WE ACTUALLY
EXECUTE, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
CIVIL LIBERTIES OF RESIDENTS
ARE PROTECTED.
THE CITY'S SURVEILLANCE TASK
FORCE HAS BEEN WORKING ON AN
ORDINANCE THAT WOULD PLACE
GUARDRAILS AROUND THE USE OF
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY, BUT
THEY HAVEN'T COMPLETED ONE YET.
WHAT THAT MEANS FOR REAL
WORLD IMPLICATIONS IS THAT THE
GUARDRAILS HAVE TO EXIST IN THE
CONTRACT.
THE ONE YEAR DEAL WITH AXON
WOULD INCLUDE 50 CAMERAS ACROSS
THE CITY, CUTTING THE NUMBER OF
CAMERAS THEY HAVE BY MORE THAN
HALF.
WE HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT
SUCCESS WITH THE 111 CAMERAS.
ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
THAT SAME LEVEL OF SUCCESS WITH
LESS CAMERAS?
I THINK THERE WILL BE AN
IMPACT. AND I JUST I JUST DON'T
I CAN'T QUANTIFY WHAT THAT
IMPACT WILL BE AT THIS POINT.
OTHER CHANGES INCLUDE
REDUCING THE NUMBER OF DAYS
DATA IS RETAINED FROM 30 TO 21.
AXON DOES NOT HAVE A NATIONAL
DATABASE IN WHICH INFORMATION
COULD BE SHARED, AND DPD SAYS
IT OPERATES WITHIN THE HIGHEST
LEVEL OF FEDERAL CLOUD SECURITY
STANDARDS.
THERE'S OVER 392 INDIVIDUAL
SECURITY STANDARDS OR CONTROLS
THAT THE VENDOR HAS TO COMPLY
WITH AND SHOW THAT THEY'RE
COMPLIANT IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE
THAT.
HOWEVER, A PARTNERSHIP WITH
AXON BRINGS ABOUT NEW CONCERNS.
THE DEVICE ITSELF ACTUALLY
HAS TWO SENSORS ON IT. ONE IS
DEDICATED TO THE ALPR PORTION,
THE OTHER ONE IS DEDICATED TO
LIVE STREAMING.
MEANING THE DISCUSSIONS
SURROUNDING THIS CONTRACT ARE
FAR FROM OVER.
THIS IS REALLY DIFFERENT
THAN FLOC.
IF PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE
NEXT WEEK,