Erie, Colorado is a town in both Weld and Boulder counties with a population of roughly 32,000. This post covers a network audit log for Erie CO PD, spanning May 18 through June 17, 2026.
- Type: Network audit
- Timespan: May 18 – Jun 17, 2026 (31 days)
- Records: 122,263
- Search types: lookup (66,772), lookup - Mobile (36,604), search (12,598), search - Mobile (5,464), convoy (712), freeform (50), visual (36), searchSummary - Mobile (25), multiGeo (2)
- License plate attached: 104,095 (85.1%)
- Case # present: 95,877 (78.4%)
- Organizations (network): 84
#Search types
| Type | Count | % |
|---|---|---|
| lookup | 66,772 | 54.6% |
| lookup - Mobile | 36,604 | 29.9% |
| search | 12,598 | 10.3% |
| search - Mobile | 5,464 | 4.5% |
| convoy | 712 | 0.6% |
| freeform | 50 | 0.1% |
| visual | 36 | 0.0% |
| searchSummary - Mobile | 25 | 0.0% |
| multiGeo | 2 | 0.0% |
Mobile searches — lookups and searches initiated from a phone or tablet — account for about 34.4% of all activity. The convoy type, which tracks a vehicle across multiple cameras in sequence, generated 712 records.
#Top operators
All operator names in this dataset are redacted. Every record shows *** in the Name field.
#Top organizations
Houston TX PD accounts for the majority of activity on Erie’s network by a wide margin, generating 71,570 searches — 58.5% of all records. The next-largest contributors are Aurora CO PD (7,660), Douglas County CO SO (4,303), Colorado State Patrol (3,510), and Boulder CO PD (2,481). The remaining 79 organizations account for the rest.
| Organization | Count | % |
|---|---|---|
| Houston TX PD | 71,570 | 58.5% |
| Aurora CO PD | 7,660 | 6.3% |
| Douglas County CO SO | 4,303 | 3.5% |
| Colorado State Patrol | 3,510 | 2.9% |
| Boulder CO PD | 2,481 | 2.0% |
| Lakewood CO PD | 2,301 | 1.9% |
| Boulder County CO SO | 2,110 | 1.7% |
| Thornton CO PD | 1,971 | 1.6% |
| Larimer County CO SO | 1,940 | 1.6% |
| Fort Collins CO PD | 1,738 | 1.4% |
| Other (74 orgs) | 22,679 | 18.5% |
#Reasons
The dataset contains 2,697 distinct reason strings, many of which are agency-specific free-text entries appended to a structured category. The table below groups by the leading reason category.
| Reason | Count | % |
|---|---|---|
| Auto Theft / VCD Investigation | 33,012 | 27.0% |
| Robbery / Jugging Investigation | 10,300 | 8.4% |
| Family Violence / Major Offenders Investigation | 7,796 | 6.4% |
| Burglary and Theft / Financial Crimes Investigations | 7,119 | 5.8% |
| Homicide / Major Assaults Investigation | 5,411 | 4.4% |
| Narcotics / Gang Investigation | 4,712 | 3.9% |
| Drugs/Narcotics | 4,890 | 4.0% |
| Special Victims / Vice Investigations | 1,419 | 1.2% |
| Wanted Person (Arrest Warrant/Fugitive) | 2,907 | 2.4% |
| Motor Vehicle Theft/Stolen | 3,385 | 2.8% |
| Larceny/Theft Offenses | 2,381 | 1.9% |
| Traffic Infraction | 655 | 0.5% |
| Weapons Offense (Guns/Shots Fired) | 1,010 | 0.8% |
| Other | 36,266 | 29.7% |
Auto theft is the single largest stated justification, representing more than one in four searches. The “jugging” category — robbery investigations targeting people who have just withdrawn cash from banks or ATMs — is the second most common at 8.4%.