SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield and Eugene police departments on Dec. 5 announced that they have officially terminated use of their Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) systems, citing unspecified “vulnerabilities and limitations” that “prevent them from meeting operational needs, data security requirements, and community expectations.”
The system they have been using, called Flock, is a public-private safety network that provides a mass surveillance platform to local police agencies, using solar-powered cameras to collect and upload data…
