License plate readers have become ubiquitous. There are hundreds if not thousands of them in Colorado.

But there are no federal or state laws in Colorado to regulate the cameras, which have been misused and abused in some cases.

The City of Louisville recently deactivated its cameras, which were installed after the Marshall Fire to prevent burglaries at building sites.

In an attempt to catch the crooks, the city installed 20 license plate readers made by Flock Safety. While the police department's website said the data was only being shared in-state, Tawnya Somauroo discovered the cameras were being tapped not only by law enforcement in other states but federal immigration agents.

"It was clear there were multiple software settings and there was some confusion," she said.

Curious,

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