The city’s 57 license-plate reader cameras will turn off within the next 24 hours, City Manager Sarah Medary said during a Eugene City Council meeting Monday evening, Oct. 13.
The announcement follows the City Council’s unanimous vote last week to recommend she pause the cameras, owned by Atlanta-based surveillance technology company Flock Safety, due to privacy concerns. Police Chief Chris Skinner said on Friday that the cameras couldn’t immediately be disabled, and planned to discuss next steps with Medary on Monday.
Medary said she had worked with Skinner to pause the cameras until the city finalized “contract language” changes and held another City Council work session as soon as possible, maybe mid-November…