Flock Safety, the Atlanta-based company providing license-plate reader technology to Eugene and Springfield, “cannot live up to its commitment to protect the privacy and security of Oregonians,” U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden said in a public letter Thursday, Oct. 16.
Police installed the pole-mounted cameras beginning in May in Eugene and last month in Springfield, describing the technology — paid for with state grant money — as helpful in finding criminal suspects and also missing persons.
But in both cities the cameras, for now at least, are not in use, officials say, after dozens of citizens in public meetings voiced concerns about privacy and how the technology could be used to target vulnerable groups…