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Commerce council votes to reapply for MVCPA grant that funds Flock LPR cameras amid privacy debate
Summary
City Council authorized staff to reapply for a Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority grant that funds a 15-camera Flock license-plate reader system, after a lengthy presentation by the city manager and police chief and public comment raising privacy and data-retention concerns.
Commerce City Council on Tuesday authorized the city manager to reapply for a Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority (MVCPA) grant that funds a Flock automated license‑plate reader (LPR) system, following an extended presentation and public discussion about privacy safeguards.
City Manager Howdy Lisonbee told the council the action tonight would only seek grant funding and would not authorize execution of any final agreement. Lisonbee said the administration is sensitive to concerns raised by residents and framed the debate around three themes the city has heard: Fourth Amendment implications, what data the system collects, and who can access that data.
"The data points within our database are deleted and eliminated after 30 days," Lisonbee said, describing the Commerce configuration that keeps only vehicle-identifying photographs and associated metadata for short-term BOLO (be on the lookout) searches. "That way there is no way to use the database that we've configured…
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