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Gotta own where I messed up after going down a real rabbit hole. Original comment here.

What's accurate: Flock was voted down. Then the mayor tried to slide it past the 500k council review threshold by agreeing to a contract with Flock for $498,500. The auditor said, in so many words, gtfo.

What happened next: a rush to replace Flock led to a contract with Axon. You might know them as the supplier of ~1700 body cams to DPD. Because of said rush, the Denver Surveillance Task Force didn't have time to actually come up with much on it. If they had more time, they might have found Fusus.

A quick timeline:

• 2015: Denver buys ~$6,000,000 in body cams and cloud storage (and pays for the extended warranty, c'mon, we all know that's a scam) and other gear from a company called Taser International.
• 2017: Taser International becomes Axon.
• 2020: $16,000,000 more to Axon for tasers and data storage. It also includes 670 licenses for Axon Respond, which turns body cams into live feeds, at no charge.
• 2023: Denver started a contract with a new company called Fusus to support 1200 concurrent AI video streams for $216,000 a year.
• 2024: Fusus was acquired by Axon.
• 2025: $27,000,000 more to Axon for body cams and upgrading old tasers.
• 2025: Denver's checkbook starts showing $216,000 payments to Axon. Identical to the Fusus subscription. Same amount, same expense code.
• 2026: Axon replaces Flock for $150,000.

So, the company that sells us the body cams and license plate readers also owns the company that sold us the AI surveillance technology. We do have strict guidelines on how that data is shared and Axon is not allowed to train its models on Denver video without authorization.

I haven't found a restriction about the city using Axon's AI technology when looking at video of us. DPD has already acknowledged that its Fusus system has an AI image-recognition layer capable of searching video footage.

The big thing we don't know is the extent to which FususOne, a system that "combines private and public video streams into a single feed", is currently being used. Which Denver camera feeds can currently be searched or analyzed using AI? Does analysis occur continuously or only when an officer initiates a search? What features have DPD actually activated?

TL:DR; Flock might be gone, but the city just contracted for another piece of surveillance tech from the same company that already supplies its body cams and owns its AI video platform. Instead of diversifying surveillance vendors, Denver is putting more of that infrastructure under Axon.

Now that we are a few weeks into it. Thoughts?

They've now come by my house 3 times (twice in the last 2 weeks) despite the fact that I've told them I'm not interested every time.

I also have a no soliciting sign that they keep ignoring. I basically just told the guy to fuck off and not come by my house again.

Is there anything I can do considering I have a no soliciting sign? Can I report them somewhere?

Just moved here and I love wildlife and this seemed like the best bet to see wildlife in the area. I'm just wondering how likely on a single visit one is to see wildlife? I saw from photos there's bison. Is there anything else?

I just moved here and looking to start or join an AMC A list club. I frequent the Littleton and Highlands Ranch AMCs but am open to going else where. 26M. Let me know if you’re interested! Ofc non A listers are welcome. Just looking for other movie lovers to make friends with!

Hi! Wanting to take my partner on a romantic 2 day anniversary trip somewhere driving distance from Denver. It would be a Sunday Monday in late September!
We like the outdoors but are not looking for anything camping/glamping related, she is from the east coast and prefers a hotel to a cabin lol.
Have you been on a day trip you loved recently? We would love some suggestions! We normally do Blackhawk or Fort Collins but looking to branch out. Have googled and searched this sub already but haven’t found quite what we are looking for!
TIA!

Hi! I’ll be moving to an apartment right by the Oak station on the W line and I was wondering if it would be safe to use at night. I’m excited to use it as a transit option to-from the airport but some of my flights back might be around 10 PM.

Colorado has settled with Cobblestone Car Wash over claims of unfair auto-renewal practices, impacting over 70,000 consumers.

DENVER — The State of Colorado reached a settlement with Cobblestone Car Wash over automatic renewal membership practices.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced the settlement Thursday with Cobblestone Denver Opco, LLC.

The settlement comes after the state investigated allegations that the car wash company employed unfair automatic renewal practices for their monthly membership fees, the attorney general's office said. The company was found to have failed to provide proper disclosures, notices, terms, and cancellation options for its monthly membership car wash subscription programs.

Between August 2022 and February 2025, over 30,000 Colorado customers experienced a monthly subscription rate increase with no notice, the attorney general's office said. More than 40,000 Cobblestone customers also didn’t receive a receipt for their purchase, as required by law. With terms of their car wash subscription difficult to find, customers were locked into these auto-renewal services with little ability to cancel.

"In Colorado, businesses that offer auto-renewal contracts must provide simple, easy-to-use ways for a customer to cancel," Weiser said. "Causing intentional confusion to make the cancellation process difficult to navigate is unfair for Coloradans and it violates our state’s auto-renewal law."

The attorney general's office said Cobblestone has agreed to comply with the Colorado Consumer Protection Act, which includes providing proper documentation of any auto-renewal policies. This includes trial period disclosures, notice of membership price increases at least 25 days in advance, and easy-to-access cancellation options for consumers.

Cobblestone Car Wash settlement in Colorado

Cobblestone members will now be able to cancel with a one-step online cancellation link on Cobblestone’s website.

Cobblestone will also notify monthly members of any plan price changes at least 25 days in advance.

Cobblestone will pay $1,353,465 in restitution to over 70,0000 affected consumers.

Cobblestone will manage the payments to consumers.

In addition to the restitution payments, Cobblestone has already refunded $253,406 to more than 4,000 consumers over the course of the investigation.

Cobblestone will pay an additional $20,000 for reasonable costs related to Colorado's investigation.

Cobblestone customers can call 877-516-5377 to reach the claims administrator.