**Come out and show your opposition to surveillance!**
- Monday, Sept 8th Eugene City Council Meeting
- Thursday, Sept 11th Eugene Police Commission Meeting
Categoría: news
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Community makes an impact on Springfield City Council
On Tuesday, September 2nd, residents showed up in numbers to the Springfield City Council meeting to voice concerns over the adoption of Flock surveillance AI cameras in the community. With more than 100 community members in attendance (standing room only), and 12 public comments about the adoption of Flock and the dangers it poses, the…
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Springfield police chief Jami Resch: Flock use will be “transparent”
Lookout Eugene-Sprinfield published an article on August 8, “Springfield chief promises transparency in rolling out license-plate readers” (archive link). The article includes a number of statements from police chief Resch, trying to reassure residents that their concerns are being considered. It also notes that it was the previous police chief, Andrew Shearer, who pursued the…
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Dissonant Times Continues To Get It Right, Debunks Three Lies From EPD
Dissonant Times has had far better, more technically accurate, and more in-depth reporting on Flock than other local media. They previously reported on Flock with their June 22nd article, “Let’s Leave The Flock” (archive link). That article predated coordinated local efforts to oppose Flock, but it included specific known camera locations and a number of…
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Springfield police to deploy license-plate cameras, but release few details
The Springfield Police Department plans to install 25 license-plate-reading cameras in the next few months, but is declining to identify which law enforcement agencies will have access to the data the cameras collect. Flock Safety has stressed that local departments make decisions on how to share the data collected by the camera readers. But published…
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Eugene residents concerned about police surveillance cameras
The Register-Guard reported on July 10’s Eugene Police Commission meeting, which was almost entirely about public opposition to Flock. Police Commission chair Jensina Hawkins was quoted as saying, “This is definitely the largest police comission meeting I have ever seen for public comment. I am very impressed.” Read the article here. You can also watch…
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Residents protest flock cameras, demand transparency on Eugene surveillance policies
…Residents also demanded answers about flock safety cameras – the cameras placed around the city that record a vehicle’s license plate number and other details like make, model, and color.
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Dissonant Times: Let’s Leave the Flock
Some of the earliest local reporting on Eugene’s decision to install Flock surveillance systems throughout the city came from local grass-roots journalists at Dissonant Times, with their article “Let’s Leave the Flock” (archive link) on June 22, 2025. Not only were they early to the party, but their reporting is excellent. They provide far more…