Public Safety

The Florence City Council voted Monday to continue their contract with private automatic license plate company Flock Safety.

The City of Eugene has released a request for proposals for an alternative response program to replace services previously provided by CAHOOTS.

In her second annual State of the City Address Monday evening, Eugene Mayor Kaarin Knudson highlighted the city’s successes, including improving public safety downtown and building more housing.

Florence City Council will consider later this month whether to continue using automatic license plate cameras from private company Flock Safety.

Lane County’s outgoing chair David Loveall outlined his vision for how the region should address its housing crisis and public safety challenges during the annual State of the County address Monday.

The city of Florence will hold a townhall style meeting Monday about whether to continue using private company Flock’s automatic license plate reader cameras.

Oregon lawmakers will likely consider restrictions on Automatic License Plate Reader next year as more law enforcement agencies explore the technology.

The Lane County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday it has followed Eugene and Springfield’s lead and canceled its contract with automatic license plate camera company Flock Safety.

Eugene’s Police Chief says his department does not work with immigration enforcement, and his officers, even when wearing plain clothes, will identify themselves when asked.

Community members in Eugene and Springfield have raised concerns for months about privacy, and potential federal abuse of the data Flock Safety automatic license plate reader cameras collect.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Andrew Daniel McGee pleaded guilty to one count of a Hate Crime Act involving an attempt to kill.

This fall, risky behavior at high school bonfires in Deschutes County has escalated, and it’s prompted the agency to issue a Public Safety Alert.