Colorado communities give the green light to license plate readers, advocates want to pump the brakes

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One of those was Robert Huffman's.He doesn't bother driving it now after it was broken into or stolen nine different times.

"We saw a 25% reduction in auto thefts in Castle Rock and then in 2022, on top of the 25%, we then saw a 15% reduction," said Chief Cauley. Earlier this year, a Northglenn LPR flagged a license plate as stolen. Within minutes police pulled the car over. They said the driver had a stolen gun and a nationwide warrant out for their arrest.

The organization wrote a White Paper on the topic in 2022 and has been keeping a close eye on the increased use of LPRs.

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