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Albany Police Department

Status
Ended or removed
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
1
The city bought four Flock cameras, and only one, downtown on Ellsworth Street, was installed (2025). It was switched off in Feb. 2026 and stolen shortly after, per KLCC and the Albany Democrat-Herald.
Contract
Flock Safety: · to June 29, 2026 · approved by City Council voted 4-2 to end use, May 27, 2026 (KLCC, May 28, 2026; Albany Democrat-Herald (republished by GovTech), June 18, 2026)
Sources
KLCC, May 28, 2026; Albany Democrat-Herald (republished by GovTech), June 18, 2026; City of Albany, Feb. 25, 2026
  1. Feb. 25, 2026 The City Council voted 4-2 (Thomson, Van Drimmelen, McLeod and Newton yes; McGhee and Smith no) to suspend all Flock ALPR cameras pending further council action, halt new installations, and seek independent verification of whether Albany data was used for immigration-related searches or accessed by federal or out-of-state entities. (City of Albany, Feb. 25, 2026)
  2. March 30, 2026 APD revised Policy 350 (License Plate Recognition System) to comply with SB 1516, including a 30-day retention limit and vendor encryption and audit requirements. (Albany Police Department (PowerDMS), March 30, 2026)
  3. May 18, 2026 The Public Safety Commission voted 5-3 to recommend that the council reinstate the Flock readers, with monthly audit information going to the commission. (City of Albany, May 18, 2026)
  4. May 27, 2026 The City Council voted 4-2 to end the city's use of Flock cameras. The stolen camera will not be replaced and the contract will not be renewed. (KLCC, May 28, 2026; City of Albany, May 27, 2026)
  5. June 2026 The city sent Flock a termination letter effective June 29, 2026. City Manager Peter Troedsson put the early-termination cost at about $7,000, and the paper reported annual costs at roughly double that. (Albany Democrat-Herald (republished by GovTech), June 18, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • The Democrat-Herald says the camera was switched off in February. KLCC says the contract ended in seven months, which conflicts with the D-H's June 29 termination date: the D-H describes an early termination letter, while KLCC describes non-renewal. GovTech dates the council vote May 28, but the agenda and KLCC show the meeting was Wednesday, May 27.

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.