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Eugene Police Department

Status
Ended or removed
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
57
57 Flock Falcon cameras under the March 2025 contract (Lookout Eugene-Springfield). City staff began removing them Dec. 18, 2025; 55 of 57 were disconnected by Dec. 19, with the last two scheduled for the following week. Solar panels were left for Flock to collect.
Contract
Flock Safety: $342,000 total · from March 24, 2025 · to Dec. 5, 2025 · approved by City Manager Sarah Medary signed, March 24, 2025; no City Council vote (Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Oct. 8, 2025; Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Dec. 19, 2025)
Sources
KLCC, Dec. 5, 2025; Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Dec. 19, 2025; Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Oct. 8, 2025
  1. July 2024 The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission awarded Eugene a $391,264 Organized Retail Theft grant, which paid for the camera service. (Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Oct. 8, 2025; City of Eugene / Eugene Police Department, Aug. 25, 2025)
  2. March 24, 2025 City Manager Sarah Medary signed a two-year, $342,000 contract with Flock for 57 cameras. It was paid in two $171,000 installments in March and June, after a $28,300 professional-services discount. The City Council did not vote on it. (Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Oct. 8, 2025)
  3. May 6, 2025 Police began installing cameras, starting with 27. (Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Dec. 16, 2025)
  4. July 1, 2025 Police opted out of Flock's nationwide lookup and limited access to Oregon agencies. A later police audit confirmed that federal agencies had run nationwide searches that included Eugene's cameras on May 16-17 and June 2-3, 2025. (Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Dec. 16, 2025)
  5. Aug. 25, 2025 Police published a Flock transparency portal page. It said data is kept 30 days, the city owns it, and it is shared only with Oregon law enforcement agencies and not for immigration enforcement. (City of Eugene / Eugene Police Department, Aug. 25, 2025)
  6. Oct. 8, 2025 The City Council voted unanimously to pause use of the cameras. On Oct. 13 the city manager said they would be off within 24 hours; the chief later said active use ran until about Oct. 15. (Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Dec. 19, 2025; Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Dec. 9, 2025; Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Dec. 16, 2025)
  7. Dec. 5, 2025 Police ended the Flock contract with immediate effect, saying they had found weaknesses that left them doubtful the system could meet the department's needs on operations, data security and public expectations. On Dec. 9 Chief Chris Skinner said he had learned the previous week that a paused camera had been switched back on; a Flock spokesperson attributed it to an automatically sent maintenance work order. (KLCC, Dec. 5, 2025; Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Dec. 9, 2025)
  8. Dec. 8, 2025 The city asked Flock to remove all Eugene cameras and delete city data by Dec. 12, and said it was seeking a prorated refund. (Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Dec. 16, 2025; Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Dec. 9, 2025)
  9. Dec. 19, 2025 Police said city staff had removed the cameras themselves, starting Dec. 18, without waiting for Flock's scheduled Jan. 26 removal. 55 of 57 were disconnected, and two remained to be removed the following week. (Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Dec. 19, 2025)
  10. June 17, 2026 At a work session, the City Council began work on a citywide policy for the city's own use of surveillance technology. KLCC reported the council was not discussing bringing ALPR cameras back. (KLCC, June 17, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Chief Skinner said he still strongly supports plate-reader technology and would consider another proposal to use it; no timeline was given. Before July 2025, data was shared with agencies in Washington, California and Nevada. After that it was limited to Oregon agencies, 21 of which had access as of Oct. 2025, according to Lookout. Whether the city received a refund was not confirmed.

From agency records.

Florence Police Department

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
6
Six Flock cameras as of Feb. 2026, per KLCC. The first was installed in early April 2024 at Highway 101 and Highway 126.
Sources
KLCC, Feb. 3, 2026; KCFM Radio (Florence), Feb. 3, 2026
  1. April 2024 Police installed a solar-powered Flock camera at the intersection of Highway 101 and Highway 126. (KCFM Radio (Florence), April 10, 2024)
  2. Feb. 2, 2026 The City Council voted 3-2 to continue the Flock contract. Councilor Robert Carp moved to keep the cameras while monitoring state rules, and Mayor Rob Ward cast the deciding vote. A motion by Councilor Sally Wantz to terminate the contract immediately failed. (KLCC, Feb. 3, 2026; KCFM Radio (Florence), Feb. 3, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Per KLCC, the chief limited access to Oregon agencies, added a transparency portal, required more specific search justifications, and publishes audits with officer names redacted. Photos are kept 30 days. Contract cost and term were not found.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Junction City Police Department

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Axon
Cameras
11
Front-facing Axon 'Fleet 3 Advanced' in-car plate-reader cameras in 11 police vehicles, installed summer 2025 (Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Nov. 2025). No pole-mounted cameras reported.
Contract
Axon: $151,212.60 total · from May 2025 · approved by Signed by Police Chief Mark Waddell, May 2025 (60 months, 11 in-car plate-reader cameras; plus $2,700 for a related ALPR service; the contract also covers other Axon equipment) (Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Nov. 9, 2025)
Sources
Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Nov. 9, 2025
  1. Oct. 28, 2025 At a council work session, Axon gave nonbinding five-year estimates of $87,969.60 to $103,958.40 for pole-mounted readers at eight locations; Mayor Ken Wells said the council had made no decisions. Separately, the city had a Flock offer of $59,450 over two years (seven cameras, with a 60-day opt-out). (Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Nov. 9, 2025)
Conflicts and open questions

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Lane County Sheriff's Office

Status
Ended or removed
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
Count not documented
22 cameras were paid for (ordered summer 2025), but Flock never installed any, per KLCC and Lookout.
Contract
Flock Safety: $66,000 · from July 2025 · to Dec. 10, 2025 · approved by Sheriff Carl Wilkerson signed, July 2025 (KLCC); county commissioners did not vote, as board approval is needed only above $150,000 a year (Lookout) (Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Oct. 17, 2025; KLCC, Dec. 10, 2025)
Sources
KLCC, Dec. 10, 2025; Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Oct. 17, 2025
  1. Aug. 2025 The office ordered 22 Flock cameras for $66,000 using seized drug funds, per invoice records later released to Lookout Eugene-Springfield (Oct. 17, 2025). None had been installed as of that report. (Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Oct. 17, 2025)
  2. Dec. 10, 2025 The Sheriff's Office announced it had canceled its Flock contract. Sheriff Wilkerson said the system was not a good use of resources without Eugene and Springfield in a regional network, and that the office is still examining this and other technology. (KLCC, Dec. 10, 2025)
Conflicts and open questions
  • The invoice gave no contract term. Lookout says the cameras were ordered in August, and KLCC says paid for in July. Whether there was a refund was not found.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Springfield Police Department

Status
Ended or removed
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
24
24 Flock license plate readers installed by Sept. 2025, per KLCC. The Lookout timeline says 25 were planned in July 2025. All were covered in Dec. 2025, and Flock began removing them on Jan. 21, 2026.
Sources
City of Springfield, Oregon, Jan. 21, 2026; KLCC, Sept. 29, 2025; KLCC, Dec. 5, 2025
  1. Sept. 26, 2025 Police began installing Flock cameras, paid for with a retail-theft grant. The cameras were briefly switched on for calibration and were then kept off until a public discussion. (KLCC, Sept. 29, 2025; Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Dec. 16, 2025)
  2. Oct. 20, 2025 City councilors asked staff to draft a policy limiting camera use. No tally was reported. (Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Dec. 16, 2025)
  3. Nov. 11, 2025 Police reported a brief activation of one camera despite the pledge to keep them off. (Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Dec. 16, 2025)
  4. Dec. 5, 2025 The city announced it would stop using Flock. The cameras, which had never been put into service, would be covered and then removed. Deputy Chief George Crolly said the department lacked confidence that the system gave it the control and assurance it required. (KLCC, Dec. 5, 2025)
  5. Dec. 15, 2025 Deputy Chief Crolly said all Springfield cameras were covered, no removal date had been set, and a refund was under discussion. (Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Dec. 16, 2025)
  6. Jan. 21, 2026 Flock started taking down all of Springfield's cameras and expected to be done that week. The city said it was not turning away from plate-reader technology and would look, with partners including Eugene police, for systems that satisfy its requirements on security, openness and control. (City of Springfield, Oregon, Jan. 21, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Chief Jami Resch said ALPR remains a valuable tool, and the city has not ruled out future use. The contract amount and refund outcome were not found.

From agency records.

Statewide

  1. July 25, 2025 U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden announced an agreement with Flock Safety barring out-of-state agencies from running searches of Oregon camera data tied to abortion or immigration; searches among Oregon agencies were not affected. Wyden had contacted Attorney General Dan Rayfield and Oregon State Police, who told him Oregon had no statewide policy on plate-reader data access. (KLCC, July 25, 2025)
  2. Oct. 16, 2025 Wyden said his office's review found Flock's search filters could be bypassed and that Flock does not proactively audit searches; he urged local officials to consider removing Flock cameras. (Office of U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, Oct. 16, 2025)
  3. Nov. 17, 2025 The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Sen. Floyd Prozanski (D-Eugene), held an informational hearing on license plate readers ahead of the 2026 session; the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police said Oregon departments comply with the state sanctuary law. (KLCC, Nov. 17, 2025)
  4. Dec. 2025 In mid-December 2025, Prozanski said he had assembled a work group of police, the ACLU and the anti-surveillance group Eyes Off Eugene to write plate-reader rules for the 2026 session, and that any rules must fit Oregon's shield and sanctuary laws. (KLCC, Dec. 15, 2025)
  5. March 5, 2026 The Legislature passed Senate Bill 1516, a public safety omnibus bill containing plate-reader rules; the Senate vote was 27-0 (February) and the House vote 54-3. The House Rules Committee had recommended the A-engrossed bill 7-0 on March 3, 2026. (The Oregonian/OregonLive (republished by GovTech), March 6, 2026; Oregon Legislature, March 3, 2026; KLCC, March 6, 2026)
  6. March 31, 2026 Gov. Tina Kotek signed SB 1516, effective on signing under an emergency clause. It limits plate-reader data retention to 30 days unless tied to a criminal investigation or court proceeding, requires a logged purpose for each search, bars use for immigration enforcement (the staff summary cites ORS 181A.820), limits searches by non-Oregon agencies to discrete law-enforcement-relevant requests that must be logged, makes agencies the data owners, requires vendors to produce monthly and quarterly audits that agencies publish, exempts plate data from public records, and creates a private right of action against vendors for intentional or grossly negligent sharing. Local governments may adopt stricter rules. (Oregon Capital Chronicle (republished by OPB), April 23, 2026; Oregon Legislature, March 3, 2026; Willamette Week, June 29, 2026; KLCC, March 6, 2026)
  7. April 2026 ODOT said its current policy does not allow ALPRs within state highway right of way and that it would work with Flock and law enforcement to remove or relocate cameras installed along Highway 199 in Cave Junction. (KOBI-TV NBC5, April 2026)
  8. June 29, 2026 Willamette Week reported that Albany, Bend, Eugene, Springfield and Woodburn had turned off Flock cameras, with Woodburn removing its cameras after an audit showed immigration agencies had accessed its data. (Willamette Week, June 29, 2026)
  9. Sept. 11, 2026 A statewide roundup listed Bend, Eugene, Springfield, Talent, Winston and Woodburn as having canceled or suspended Flock contracts in recent months. (Willamette Week (Oregon Journalism Project), Sept. 11, 2026)
  10. Sept. 2026 The Oregon Capital Chronicle reported that Reps. Willy Chotzen (D-Portland) and Alek Skarlatos (R-Winston) are pursuing 2027 legislation that could ban Flock cameras statewide; Chotzen spoke to the outlet and Skarlatos did not respond. Flock argued a blanket ban would take away an investigative tool. (Oregon Capital Chronicle (republished by OPB), Sept. 25, 2026)

State agencies

Oregon State Police

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Axon
Cameras
Count not documented
In-car plate readers in patrol vehicles, part of Axon's Fleet 3 camera system; the number of vehicles was not reported.
Sources
Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Nov. 9, 2025
  1. June 2025 OSP began replacing its patrol-car camera system with Axon Fleet 3 cameras, which read license plates. A spokesperson said OSP owns the plate data, does not share it with Axon, does not keep it indefinitely, and uses it for missing or endangered people and serious crimes under its policy. (Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Nov. 9, 2025)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Start month per an OSP spokesperson quoted in November 2025.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.