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County record · Colorado

Denver County

9 Deployments on record
6 Agencies
5 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 2 Fixed cameras & RTCC · 2 Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · 1 Body-worn & dashcam · 3 Doorbell & camera registry · none on record Cell-site simulators · none on record Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

Denver Police Department

Denver · 4 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Denver

ALPR

The Denver Police Department installed 6 automated license plate readers in 2015.

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Denver Police Department finalized its body-worn camera policy in 2015. That same year, DPD requested $6.1 million to implement a five-year program with Axon.

Drones / UAS

The Denver Police Department operates a Drone as First Responder (DFR) program.

Fixed cameras & RTCC

The Denver Police Department opened its Real Time Crime Information Center in August 2019. The RTCC also has access to the city's ShotSpotter system as well as the HALO system, which has 800 cameras.

Auraria Campus Police Department

Denver · 1 deployment

Body-worn & dashcam

The Auraria Campus Police Department received a $60,895 grant in 2021 from the Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal Justice to buy 32 body-worn cameras.

Colorado Parks And Wildlife

Denver · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Colorado Parks and Wildlife

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Colorado Parks And Wildlife operates two Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Colorado State Patrol

Denver · 1 deployment

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Colorado State Patrol uses Axon body-worn cameras.

Denver Regional Transportation District - Transit Police

Denver · 1 deployment

Fixed cameras & RTCC Vendor: NiceVision

The Denver Regional Transportation District Transit Police implemented NiceVision video analytic technology into their computer systems in 2012. In a 2019 job posting, they ask applicants to be familiar with BriefCam Video Synopsis and Qognify systems.

The Denver Police Department uses ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology, and in January 2022 entered into a $4.7 million contract to extend the contract through 2026.

Denver · 1 deployment

Gunshot detection Vendor: ShotSpotter

The Denver Police Department uses ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology.

Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026