Coloradans Deserve Strong Public Safety and Guardrails

Urgent: Tell Colorado Legislators to Keep Safety Cameras in Our State

License plate reader (LPR) cameras are crucial to solving crimes and have been used to recover five kidnapped in Colorado in just the last few months alone.

But a proposed Senate bill (SB 70) goes too far and would render LPRs unusable in Colorado.

This bill would:

Require law enforcement to receive a warrant to access images of vehicles on public roads older than 24 hours, making it impossible to use LPRs in most cases.
Establish a five day retention schedule before LPR data must be deleted, not giving law enforcement nearly enough time to start an investigation.
Prevent nearly all interagency data sharing and collaboration, even between neighboring towns and across Colorado agencies.

Reject this legislation and support a more common sense regulatory framework that our state deserves. Smart LPR legislation can protect both our safety and civil liberties.

Dear [Lawmaker],

Across Colorado, License Plate Readers (LPRs) are a proven public safety tool. In just the past few months, they helped law enforcement recover five kidnapped children.

I strongly support clear, responsible legislation to ensure LPRs are used with transparency, accountability, and strong civil liberties protections. Public safety technology works best when paired with smart guardrails.

But SB 70 goes too far.

As written, the bill would make these crucial LPRs functionally unusable by requiring a warrant to access images older than 24 hours, forcing deletion of data after just five days, and preventing Colorado agencies from sharing information with one another.

More than 30 courts have upheld LPR use as constitutional. These cameras capture only point-in-time images of vehicles on public roads — not people — and do not use facial recognition. A five-day retention limit would erase critical evidence before investigations can even begin.

Colorado deserves legislation that protects both safety and civil liberties. I urge you to reject SB 70 and instead support common-sense LPR guardrails that ensure transparency, accountability, and effective public safety.

Sincerely,
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