El Paso CO SO

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Wed Jul 16 2025
Overview
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. El Paso County Sheriff's Office utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office may utilize real time alerting of hotlist vehicles to capture wanted criminals, recover stolen vehicles, and notify deputies primarily of other public safety alerts. In an effort to demonstrate that proper guardrails are in place to prevent misuse, they have made the below policies and usage statistics available to the public.
Policies
What's Detected
License Plates, Vehicles
What's Not Detected
Facial recognition, People, Gender, Race
Acceptable Use Policy
Data is used for law enforcement purposes only. Data is owned by El Paso County Sheriff's Office and is never sold to third parties.
Prohibited Uses
Immigration enforcement, traffic enforcement, harassment or intimidation, usage based solely on a protected class (i.e. race, sex, religion), personal use.
Access Policy
All system access requires a valid reason. The reported reason is stored indefinitely. System search access shall only be conducted in relation to criminal investigations or a criminal nexus. A search is limited to authorized law enforcement personnel.
Hotlist Policy
Hotlist hits (i.e., stolen vehicles, wanted vehicles, missing persons, etc.) that are entered into the CCIC/NCIC, NCMEC/Amber Alert systems will provide an alert notification. Based on policy all scanned license plates are required to be verified by law enforcement personnel and checked in the CCIC/NCIC information system(s) prior to action.
Non-Law Enforcement Access to ALPR Data
The use of the ALPR system to locate a plate can only be accessed by a law enforcement agency in conjunction with a criminal investigation or criminal nexus and cannot be used to respond to record requests by the public. However, if information from within the ALPR system was used as evidence in an investigation, those requests would be reviewed under the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act to determine whether such records should be released.
Usage
Data retention (in days)
30 days
Number of LPR and other cameras
19
Hotlists Alerted On
NCIC, NCMEC Amber Alert
Unique vehicles detected in the last 30 days
165,510
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
330
Searches in the last 30 days
242
External organizations with access
Acworth GA PD, Adams County CO SO, Adams County IL SO, Adrian MI PD, Alabama Department of Corrections, Altoona IA PD, Amarillo TX PD, Angel Fire NM PD, Ankeny IA PD, Anna TX PD, Anoka County MN SO, Arapahoe County CO SO, Archuleta County CO SO, Arvada CO PD, Aspen CO PD, Auburn WA PD, Aurora CO PD, Avery County NC SO, Avon CO PD, Basalt CO PD, Bay St. Louis MS PD, Bienville Parish LA SO , Blaine CO OK SO, Bloomington IL PD, Boulder CO PD, Boulder County CO SO, Bourbon County KS SO, Bow Mar CO, Breckenridge CO PD, Brighton CO PD, Brush CO PD, Byron GA PD , Calhoun County SC SO, Canon City CO PD, Canyon TX PD , Castle Rock CO PD, Chaffee County CO SO, Chanute KS PD, Cherokee County GA DA, Cherry Hills Village CO PD, Cheyenne WY PD, City of Sierra Vista AZ, Clear Creek County CO SO, Clearwater FL PD, CO - Colorado Bureau of Investigation, CO - Craig PD, CO - Keenesburg PD , CO - Morgan County SO, CO - Rangely PD, Coffeyville KS PD, Colorado Springs CO PD, Colorado State Parks, Colorado State Patrol, Columbine Valley CO PD, Commerce City CO PD, Cumming GA PD, Custer County CO SO, Dacono CO PD, Danville IL PD, Denver CO PD, Derby KS PD, Dodge City KS PD, Dodge County GA SO, Douglas County CO SO, Douglas County Open Spaces & Natural Resources CO, Durango CO PD, East Hampton Village NY PD, Edgewater CO PD, El Cajon CA PD, Elbert County CO SO, Elizabeth CO PD, Englewood CO PD, Erie CO PD, Erwin NC PD, Escambia County FL SO, Fairfax County VA PD, Firestone CO PD, Ford County KS SO, Fort Collins CO PD, Fort Morgan CO PD, Fort Pierce FL PD, Fort Worth TX PD , Fountain CO PD, Fraser/Winter Park CO PD, Frederick CO PD, Garfield County CO Emergency Communications Authority, Garfield County CO SO, Georgetown CO PD, Glencoe IL PD, Glenwood Springs CO PD, Golden CO PD, Granby CO PD, Grand County CO SO, Grandview MO PD, Gratiot County MI SO , Gray County TX SO , Greeley CO PD, Greeley County KS SO, Greenfield CA PD, Greenville County SC SO, Gunnison County CO SO, Hamilton County KS SO, Harrisburg Bureau PA PD, Harvey County KS SO, Hayden CO PD, Henry County IL SO, Hotchkiss CO PD, Hudson CO PD, Hutchinson KS PD, Idaho Springs CO PD , Jackson County CO SO, Jackson WI PD, Jefferson County CO SO, Jefferson County MO SO, Johnstown CO PD, Jonesboro AR PD, Kaysville UT PD, Kearney NE PD, Kennesaw State University GA PD, Kiowa County CO Sheriff , La Paz County AZ SO, La Plata County CO, Lafayette CO PD, Lake City FL PD, Lakeside CO PD, Lakewood CO PD, Lakewood WA PD, Lamar CO PD , Larimer County CO SO, Lea County NM SO, Lebanon TN PD, Lexington KY PD, Ligonier IN PD, Lincoln County CO SO, Lincoln County SO NE, Littleton CO PD, Lochbuie CO PD , Lone Tree CO PD, Longmont CO PD, Louisville CO PD, Louisville Metro KY PD, Loup County NE SO, Loveland CO PD, Lubbock TX PD, Marion Health PD (IN), Maryland Heights MO PD, Mauldin SC PD, Mead CO PD, Medicine Lodge KS PD, Mesa County CO SO, Milam County TX SO, Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri State Highway Patrol, Moffat County SO CO, Montrose CO PD, Montrose County CO SO, Mora County NM SO (Wagon Mound), Morris IL PD, Morrison CO PD, Mountain Village PD (CO), Murfreesboro TN PD, Navajo State Park CO PD, NE - Cozad PD, Nebraska State Patrol, New Albany OH PD, New Hanover County NC SO, Newton County MS SO, Norman OK PD, North Platte NE PD, Northern Colorado Intelligence Unit CO, Northglenn CO PD, O'Fallon MO PD, Othello WA PD, Ouray CO - PD, Oxford MS PD, Oxford OH PD, Page AZ PD, Paradise Valley AZ PD, Parker CO PD, Pea Ridge AR PD, Peoria IL PD, Pottawatomie County KS SO, Prescott AZ PD, Prescott Valley AZ PD, Princeton IN PD, Pueblo CO PD, Pueblo County CO SO, Purcell OK PD, Quay County NM SO, Reagan County TX SO , Red River Marshal's Office NM, Richland County SC SO, Riley County KS PD, Riverdale UT PD, Riverside County CA District Attorney, Rock County WI SO, Rose Hill KS PD, Routt County CO SO, Salida CO PD, San Juan County NM SO, Santa Rosa County FL SO, Seymour IN PD , Shelby County KY SO, Shelby County TN SO, Sheridan AR PD, Silt CO PD, Silverthorne CO PD, Sioux City IA PD, Slinger WI PD, South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation SD , Southern Regl PA PD, Springfield MO PD, Springville PD (UT) , St. Peters MO PD, Staunton State Park CO PD, Sterling Heights MI PD, Stevens Point WI PD, Sturgis SD PD , Summerset SD PD, Summit County CO SO, Summit IL PD, Taos NM PD, Tarpon Springs FL PD, Telluride CO PD, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Thornton CO PD, Timnath CO PD, Tooele City PD UT, Town of Lyons CO, Union County NM SO, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus CO PD, University of Colorado Boulder PD (CO), Urbana OH PD, US Border Patrol [Federal], UT - Cedar City PD, Vail CO PD, Vernon County WI SO, Village of Clearview WV PD, Wallace County KS SO, Wapello County IA SO, Washington County WI SO, Weber County UT SO, Weld County CO SO, Westminster CO PD, Whitewater WI PD, Wichita County KS SO, Wichita County TX SO, Wichita Falls TX PD , Windsor CO PD, Wyoming OH PD
Additional Info
Disclaimer
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office is in the process of transitioning all of its stationary ALPR cameras to Flock Safety. As such, the ALPR data reflected in the Transparency Portal is not reflective of all the data the agency collects.