Firestone Police Department

The Firestone Police Department in Colorado uses LexisNexis’s Accurint Virtual Crime Center, confirmed through its own annual report and the EFF’s Atlas of Surveillance. Firestone is a small but fast-growing town in Weld County in northern Colorado.

Firestone’s confirmation from an annual report — rather than just from the Atlas or advocacy sources — is notable. Agencies that voluntarily disclose AVCC use in their own public documents are providing a different class of confirmation than secondary sources. The annual report mention, however brief, constitutes self-disclosure.

Weld County has historically been among the least sanctuary-protective jurisdictions in Colorado, with the county itself resisting VALE Act implementation. Firestone has no sanctuary protections. Colorado’s statewide VALE Act applies, but the private intermediary structure of CISC/PSDEX means the statute’s reach is limited. Whether Firestone is a PSDEX data contributor or solely an AVCC subscriber has not been confirmed at the addendum level.