A Denver woman has sued Flock Safety and local officials, seeking limits on how Colorado police use the company’s license-plate camera data after she was wrongly accused of taking a package from a Bow Mar porch. Chrisanna Elser filed the federal lawsuit this week against Flock, the towns of Bow Mar and Columbine Valley, Columbine Valley Police Chief Bret Cottrell and Sgt. Jamie Milliman. She is asking a judge to let her represent vehicle owners and lessees whose plates have been recorded by Flock cameras in Colorado. The suit seeks rules requiring officers to obtain a warrant, provide a case number and get supervisory approval before searching Flock records. It also asks for audits of those searches. Elser alleges Milliman used Flock data to place her green Rivian near the Bow Mar home around the time a package disappeared in September 2025, then issued her a summons. She says she was at a tailor, and that vehicle-camera footage, phone location data and the tailor’s security video showed she was not at the home. Police voided the summons 18 days later. According to the lawsuit, Milliman searched a month’s worth of records for Elser’s vehicle but did not review its camera footage. During their interaction, he told her, “You can’t get a breath of fresh air in or out of that town without us knowing.” The 64-page complaint argues that Columbine Valley officers could search historical vehicle movements without a warrant, case number or supervisor’s approval. It says the system lacked safeguards against inaccurate accusations and intrusive tracking. “An officer with a login and a license plate can retrieve a month of a stranger’s life,” the suit says. Flock, Cottrell and Columbine Valley’s board of trustees did not respond to requests for comment. Columbine Valley previously said Milliman reasonably believed he should issue the summons. Cottrell later reprimanded him over his demeanor and directed him to complete additional training. Bow Mar pays Columbine Valley more than $300,000 annually for public safety and court services. At least 10 Colorado counties and municipalities have recently ended or reduced their ties with Flock amid concerns about privacy, data sharing and accuracy. The lawsuit could help determine what safeguards apply when police use automated license-plate data to track past vehicle movements across communities.