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Residents press council over Flock ALPR use; police say audits, new tools coming
Summary
Multiple residents criticized the city's use of Flock automated license-plate readers and urged stricter oversight; police chief described new audit measures, training and an imminent anomaly-detection feature to strengthen accountability.
Residents and advocacy groups used the audience participation period and the police briefing to press Thornton council and staff for greater transparency and limits on automated license-plate reader (ALPR) systems provided by Flock Safety.
Chris Cook, speaking during public comment, described widely reported out-of-jurisdiction uses of ALPR data and warned that the network can enable unintended law-enforcement searches. "Because of FLOCK, there is no escape for her," Cook said, describing a case…
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