Spencer Soicher
@spencersoicher.bsky.social
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Reporter at 9News in Denver. UT Austin Ex. 27-time runner-up for favorite Soicher son. Got a tip to look into? DM me!
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Brigid, there is no right way to eat candy corn. It’s gross as hell.

If you see this, I’m sorry. But you can quote me on it.
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Colorado’s two largest airports are not airing the new Kristi Noem shutdown-blaming video at TSA checkpoints.

But the reasons for not airing it are quite different.
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You're not imagining it. Trader Joe's parking lots are a special kind of hell. And it's by design. @spencersoicher.bsky.social reports for @nexton9news.bsky.social.
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Flock:
“We clearly communicated poorly. We also didn’t create distinct permissions and protocols in the Flock system to ensure local compliance for federal agency users."

“As of last week, all ongoing federal pilots have been paused."

Read more from them here:
www.flocksafety.com/blog/ensurin...
Ensuring Local Compliance
A statement from Flock Safety
www.flocksafety.com
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Our Reporting on CBP access to Loveland Flock cams, and Flock's backtrack:
www.9news.com/article/news...
www.9news.com
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UPDATE:
Flock says it is now pausing all of its federal pilot programs, including the one that gave local camera data access to CBP & Border Patrol.

Flock said it made the decision last week, which follows
@nexton9news.bsky.social reporting.
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The company running license plate tracking cameras across Colorado has insisted that immigration agents don't have direct access. Flock now says they were wrong. CBP has access. (Using license plate info for immigration enforcement is prohibited by Colorado law) #copolitics
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I’ll go check out the meeting. Thanks for the heads up.
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Is this the gates of heaven, or just the front entrance to my King Soopers?
Rocky Ford, Colorado cantaloupes
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Thousands of police departments use Flock license plate tracking cameras to solve crimes. Flock has assured the public that immigration agents don’t have direct access to the camera data.

We found public records in Loveland, Colorado showing that’s not true. Flock now admits it gave CBP an account.
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We did show a $4,200 estimated invoice for requested records of who has run searches of Loveland PD data, and used its account to run searches, since January.

It took a while, but Denver provided records for a near-identical request, at no charge.
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Doran also said the @nexton9news.bsky.social report “insinuated the LPD declined to comment and was being uncooperative with records requests.”

That wasn't said in the TV report or online.

But yeah, Doran has not accepted any of our 7 interview requests about LPD's Flock account, including Friday.
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UPDATE: Loveland Police released a statement tonight, saying it stopped sharing data access with Border Patrol after filling our open records request this week.

Police Chief Tim Doran refuted Flock’s claim that the agency had a 1:1 agreement with Border Patrol.
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Mayor Mike Johnston's office says Denver is cutting off the Flock data access as it looks into the circumstances with Loveland and U.S. Border Patrol.

www.9news.com/article/news...
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NEW: Denver has now cut off Loveland's access to its Flock automated license plate-reading camera data, a rep for the mayor's office says.

The move follows this @nexton9news.bsky.social
report, with records showing Loveland Police shares Flock data access with U.S. Border Patrol @kylec.bsky.social
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NEW: Records obtained by 9NEWS show Loveland Police have given the Border Patrol access to a network of license plate reading cameras in Colorado. @spencersoicher.bsky.social reports. #copolitics
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NEW: Records obtained by 9NEWS show Loveland Police have given the Border Patrol access to a network of license plate reading cameras in Colorado. @spencersoicher.bsky.social reports. #copolitics
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NEW: 🧊ICE is buying an eye-scanning technology to help deport people.

Colorado has laws to regulate how local agencies use facial recognition technology. But there is no overarching federal law expressly regulating it.

@nexton9news.bsky.social
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NEW: ICE is buying an eye-scanning technology to help deport people.

Colorado has laws to regulate how local agencies use facial recognition technology. But federal law is not the same.

#colorado #news #reels #9news #denver
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Even Bo couldn’t save them.
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Improvement! Growth! Rocktober right around the corner.

#Colorado #Rockies
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That sounds like a terrible dream
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At least they still have Ryan Mc…. oh crap