Fears that the Flock Safety camera surveillance system could facilitate arrests made by federal immigration agents have led the City of Woodburn to disband the network.
In use by the city since January 2025, the 23 surveillance cameras were installed to read license plates to track the whereabouts of suspect vehicles.
Federal Agencies Conducted More Than 6,000 Searches of the Surveillance System
However, public fears were realized when a city audit released last February revealed that federal agencies had conducted 6,089 searches of the camera network between January and November 2025.
The agencies that had accessed the information included the U.S. Border Patrol and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security…