# Oregon Cities Reassess Flock Camera Contracts

Junction City, Oregon, has postponed until spring 2027 a decision on a proposed 90-day trial of Flock Safety automated license plate reader cameras. The delay comes amid broader municipal scrutiny of Flock deployments, including contract cancellations and nonrenewals over privacy, data access, oversight, and budget concerns. Eugene canceled its deployment and removed 57 cameras; Springfield, Oregon, canceled its contract for 25 cameras in December 2025, with removal beginning in January 2026. For agencies and contractors, these decisions show that public engagement and clear safeguards for data use are becoming important considerations in local surveillance procurements.

- Prospective suppliers should be prepared to explain access controls, auditability, and data-use policies, which are among the concerns identified in the signals.
- Municipal procurement teams can use the cancellations and Junction City’s delayed decision as relevant examples when evaluating public concerns and the budget and oversight implications of camera proposals.
- The Junction City proposal remains under consideration, with a decision deferred until spring 2027; contractors interested in the opportunity should account for the delayed decision timeline.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Public Safety, Information Technology
**Topics:** Cybersecurity, Digital Infrastructure
**Published:** October 06, 2026

### Government Entities
- City of Junction City
- Springfield Police Division
- City of Eugene
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

### Vendors
- Flock Safety (Contractor under municipal ALPR camera contracts)

### Key Quotes
> They collect information on everyone first and ask questions later. That changes the relationship between citizens and their government. Instead of conducting targeted investigations based on evidence, it creates a searchable record of the moments of movements of ordinary people, a record that is vulnerable to misuse.
> — Rachael Steen-Larsen, local resident

> if they just categorize it as something other than immigration, there’s not necessarily something in place to stop that.
> — Amanda Richardson, resident

### Sources
- [Flock surveillance camera use explodes across the United States - World Socialist Web Site](https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/10/06/fqdm-o06.html) - World Socialist Web Site