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Denver committee hears task‑force update on surveillance tech, presses for clearer rules on ALPRs and subpoenas
Summary
City officials updated the Health & Safety Committee on a Surveillance Technology Task Force review of vendor risk assessments and contract safeguards; council members pushed for ordinance language, more Flock/ALPR disclosure on historical searches, and assurance that out‑of‑state subpoenas for reproductive‑health visitors would be denied.
The Denver City Council Health & Safety Committee received an update on Jan. 28 from the Surveillance Technology Task Force on efforts to tighten vendor oversight, data‑retention rules and contract safeguards for surveillance technologies.
Tim Hoffman, director of policy in the mayor’s office, told the committee the task force has focused on creating a baseline inventory of existing policies — including a review of the Denver Police Department operations manual — and completing a vendor risk assessment to identify mitigation options ranging from contract language to potential municipal code changes. "We tried to make sure we had a good cross section of agencies... it thus far has yielded some good productive discussion," Hoffman said.
Tara Segura, a representative from Technology Services, said the city has updated its vendor risk assessment…
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