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Residents press police transparency on license-plate reader access after homicide case cited
Summary
Public commenters and councilors called for clearer policies and audits about who can access the city's license-plate-reader (FLock) data after the system helped identify a vehicle used in a homicide; staff said use complied with state law but the issue raised calls for strengthened access controls and audits.
Several speakers urged the City of Loveland to tighten access controls and auditing of license-plate–reader data after residents said the system helped identify a vehicle involved in a recent homicide.
Okemah Bassett, stepmother of a victim, told council that the cameras were "critical in identifying the white truck and the license plate that was used in this crime in his vicious murder." She thanked the city for the system's role in that prosecution but said the technology saves lives.
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