County record · Colorado
Denver County
Technology presence
The record, by agency
Denver Police Department
The Denver Police Department installed 6 automated license plate readers in 2015.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Denver PostThe Denver ChannelCBS News
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.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Denver Police DepartmentCPR NewsDenver Police Department
The Denver Police Department operates a Drone as First Responder (DFR) program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Denver Post
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.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): 9NewsDowntown Denver PartnershipDenver Police Department
Auraria Campus Police Department
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.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal JusticKDVR
Colorado Parks And Wildlife
The Colorado Parks And Wildlife operates two Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department
Colorado State Patrol
The Colorado State Patrol uses Axon body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Western Slope NowColorado State Patrol
Denver Regional Transportation District - Transit Police
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.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Government JobsASMAG
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.
The Denver Police Department uses ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Denver GovernmentThe Gazette
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026