Douglas County Sheriff's Office

Douglas County is a fast-growing suburban county south of Denver, politically conservative and without sanctuary protections — which means data from its sheriff’s office flows to federal agencies without the legal complications present in neighboring Denver or Boulder.

Douglas County Sheriff’s Office representative Brad Heyden served on the CISC Board of Directors, confirmed through January 2021 meeting minutes. CISC — the Colorado Information Sharing Consortium — operates the PSDEX data warehouse for LexisNexis in Colorado, confirmed directly by CISC’s Executive Director in a public records response. Board membership means Douglas County SO is governing the system through which 124 Colorado agencies contribute law enforcement data to LexisNexis.

Douglas County includes Lone Tree, Parker, Castle Rock, and Highlands Ranch — largely affluent communities in the southern Denver metro. The Douglas County Jail feeds into Colorado’s VINE system, which is managed through Appriss. Whether that contract contains a Risk Solutions clause allowing jail booking data to flow to LexisNexis separately is an open question under investigation.