Publisher: KTVZ / OPB / The Bend Bulletin / ACLU
Date Published: January 8, 2026
Relevant To: ALPR presentation (August) — key Bend precedent
Verification Status: Verified
Notes: Reports the Council vote to shut down and not renew Bend’s Flock contract following concerns about federal data access (the 279-query episode, cataloged separately). Companion sources: OPB, “Bend votes to remove Flock AI license plate cameras after law enforcement concerns”; Bend Bulletin pre-removal editorial calling for state-level ALPR regulation (Nov. 18, 2025); and ACLU, “How to Pump the Brakes on Your Police Department’s Use of Flock’s Mass Surveillance License Plate Readers” (explains Flock’s networked database architecture — every customer’s cameras feed a shared nationwide platform accessible to any subscribing law-enforcement agency). This is Bend’s own direct precedent for the removal-after-federal-access pattern documented at Woodburn, OR and elsewhere. Migrated from the existing Bend Surveillance Oversight source library.