Law Enforcement Agencies Accessing Colorado DMV's Face Recognition System
| Submitted | Jan. 25, 2023 |
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From: Paul Tepper
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Colorado Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
I would like to learn: 1) which local, state and national law enforcement agencies can currently submit probe photos to be run through the Colorado Department of Motor Vehicles face recognition system and, 2) which law enforcement agencies actually submitted probe photos from January 1, 2020 to the date of the most recently available data.
Please provide any lists, logs or datasets showing this information. With regard to agencies that have submitted probe photos, please provide logs, lists or datasets describing, as available, the requesting organization, the number of requests made, the dates of the requests, and the number of requests granted. If the Department maintains this information in an Excel spreadsheet, I request that the record be produced in this format.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 3 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Paul Tepper
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Colorado Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 2, 2023. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department Of Motor Vehicles
Dear Mr. Tepper:
This will confirm that your request was received and is being processed.
You will receive an initial response to your request within 3 business days
of submission.
Regards,
Patrick Harton
*CORA Manager*
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www.colorado.gov/revenue/cora
From: Department Of Motor Vehicles
Dear Mr. Tepper:
We are writing in response to your Colorado Open Records Act request. Your
request involves records that cannot be reasonably gathered, reviewed and
prepared within the three-day period without substantially interfering with
the custodian’s obligation to perform her other public services.
Accordingly, pursuant to C.R.S. 24-72- 203 (3) (b)(III), we will be taking
up to an additional seven working days to complete your request.
Regards,
Patrick Harton
*CORA Manager*
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www.colorado.gov/revenue/cora
From: Department Of Motor Vehicles
Dear Mr. Tepper:
We are writing in response to your Colorado Open Records Act ("CORA")
request. Per the DMV, the Department accepts a submitted photo from any law
enforcement agency but only for the purposes of assisting with an active
criminal investigation, and except for the purposes of immigration
enforcement. See C.R.S. 42-1-206. Please see the attached documents for the
requested data.
Regards,
Patrick Harton
*CORA Manager*
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www.colorado.gov/revenue/cora
From: Paul Tepper
Hi,
Thanks so much for your help with this request! I really appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Paul Tepper
From: Paul Tepper
Sorry for this tardy followup question. Does the Count column indicate the number of searches conducted, the number of photos submitted or something else? Thanks for your guidance.
Paul
From: Department Of Motor Vehicles
Dear Mr. Tepper:
The count column represents the number of times (per agency listed) that
information was provided.
Regards,
Patrick Harton
*CORA Manager*
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www.colorado.gov/revenue/cora
From: Paul Tepper
Thanks again!
Paul
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Colorado Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 2, 2023. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Colorado Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 2, 2023. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department Of Motor Vehicles
Dear Mr. Tepper:
We are writing in response to your Colorado Open Records Act ("CORA")
request. Our records indicate that we replied to your data request on
February 16, 2023 and to your March 20 follow up inquiry regarding the data
on that same date. Please indicate whether you are requesting an additional
or updated data set.
Regards,
Patrick Harton
*CORA Manager*
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www.colorado.gov/revenue/cora