Denver police cited 339 drivers for having expired or fake license plates during a weeklong crackdown along the Interstate 25 and Interstate 70 corridors — finding one plate that hadn’t been updated since 2019.
The Denver Police Department Traffic Operations Division worked with the Colorado State Patrol and the Aurora and Colorado Springs police departments during the last week of September to enforce expired vehicle registrations and expired temporary license plates.
Authorities were also on the lookout for cars with missing license plates, which Denver police say are a higher priority violation than an expired plate. Any vehicle on the road without a plate is considered suspicious and motorists should expect police officers to stop such vehicles to investigate lawful ownership, Denver police said in a release.
“Oftentimes, suspects remove the license plate from a vehicle in an attempt to avoid detection when committing crimes,” Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said in a statement Thursday.
He credited the Flock automated license plate reader network for tracking vehicles associated with criminal activity.
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