The Town of Mountain View is a home rule municipality located in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.

"[8][needs update] Mountain View is located on the eastern edge of Jefferson County and is bordered to the north by Lakeside, to the west and south by Wheat Ridge, and to the east by Denver.

"[10] With its land area of only 12 square blocks, Mountain View previously had a tiny retail sales tax base from which to raise revenue[8] and relied primarily on traffic tickets to pay its police and municipal employees.

The town sent a letter[15] to all residents stating that it faced a growing debt crisis, with a budget shortfall between six and eight thousand dollars a month.

The letter proposed imposing additional fees for police services and even streetlights, noting in its last sentence that being annexed into a neighboring community was one possible outcome of the fiscal crisis.

[18] joins residents, law enforcement agencies, community groups, businesses, and local officials to build lasting relationships and reduce crime.

Officers have frequently issued tickets for such violations as cracked windshields or objects such as air fresheners hanging from rearview mirrors.

It is alleged that the excessive enforcement of these laws is motivated to raise revenues for the police department, a force with only nine full-time or part-time officers.

[20] Mountain View PD was again featured in a 2015 interview with 9NEWS KUSA reporter Jeremy Jojola following an investigation by 9NEWS of all 270 Colorado municipalities with respect to budgets and police ticketing of motorists.