Thornton residents push back against city’s use of Flock cameras

There are just 16 Flock Safety cameras in Thornton.

But those electronic eyes, mounted to poles at intersections throughout this city of nearly 150,000, brought out dozens of people to the Thornton Community Center for a discussion on how the controversial license plate-reading cameras are being used — and whether they should be used at all.

Law enforcement agencies cite the automatic…