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Eugene Mayor Kaarin Knudson has responded to public backlash over the city’s use of AI-powered license plate leaders.

The group says they fear the system could be used to surveil marginalized communities, activists, or undermine Oregon sanctuary law, which prohibits public resources being used for immigration enforcement.

Eugene Police say crime appears to be going down in the city’s core. Calls reporting assault, robbery, and menacing behavior have all decreased downtown in the last year.

A 29-year-old man has been arrested for assaulting a woman in downtown Eugene Tuesday morning in broad daylight.

Public meetings, interviews and police data show a public safety issue in west Eugene, with businesses at the forefront.

Eugene and Springfield police have purchased license plate readers that use AI to make digital fingerprints of vehicles. Police say they're a tool to gather objective evidence. Privacy advocates fear the system could put Oregon’s vulnerable residents at risk.

A suspected member of a group that allegedly burglarized 17 Asian households in Eugene and Springfield won’t be extradited back to Oregon because of an immigration hold, officials say. In the wake of those crimes, community leaders in Eugene are asking the state to be more transparent.

The man who crashed his car at Amazon Park last month, killing a Eugene woman, reportedly had a blood-alcohol level around three times the legal limit.

Lane County’s District Attorney has determined that a Eugene Police Officer was justified in fatally shooting a federal fugitive in November.

Two rapes on public paths this month have the Eugene community on edge.

Eugene Police have arrested a man suspected of setting a three-alarm fire at Valley River Inn in February.