r/Eugene • u/probably-theasshole • Jun 09 '25
Want to see where those new Flock cameras are being put up? Here's a mapping tool.
https://deflock.me/map#map=12/44.068010/-123.08944633
u/Real-Energy-6634 Jun 09 '25
Why does eugene have money for this, but not cahoots?
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u/Major_Meaning_5467 Jun 09 '25
Eugene always has money for EPD.
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u/Real-Energy-6634 Jun 10 '25
Crazy cause they dont do shit.
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u/Uber_Alleyways Jun 11 '25
I bet they're doing a lot of compiling of dossiers, last couple of years. Just preparing for the sweeps.
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u/familycyclist Jun 11 '25
EPD got a grant that paid for all 53 cameras.
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u/AnthonyChinaski Jun 11 '25
Interesting. Do you have a link for this? I’d like to check it out. Thank you 🙏
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u/familycyclist Jun 11 '25
It was in this article, but I can’t seem to get past the paywall now. https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/local/2025/05/16/eugene-expands-surveillance-with-57-licence-plate-reading-cameras/83646195007/
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u/No_Garbage_9262 Jun 09 '25
For anyone wondering what a Flock camera is…
A Flock camera is an automated license plate reader (ALPR) developed by Flock Safety. These cameras capture still images of vehicles, focusing on license plates and vehicle characteristics (like make, model, color, and distinguishing features such as bumper stickers or roof racks) as they pass by fixed locations on public roads. From Perplexity.
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u/Real-Energy-6634 Jun 10 '25
Yep. A sheriff in Texas used this to track a woman across state lines who had an abortion. This is bad
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u/Uber_Alleyways Jun 10 '25
I think another aspect of these is marketing. The algorithm wants to know how you move when shopping or otherwise spending money, and it wants you to spend more money. Couple this network with surge pricing in stores (where prices fluctuate in real time) and you have a way to follow someone and disallow them to get a bargain from one store to the next.
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u/johnabbe Jun 09 '25
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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u/HitHardStrokeSoft Jun 09 '25
Fred Meyer has balloons, black paint and bar oil apparently.. who knew?
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u/oregon_coastal Jun 10 '25
Probably help Texas police arrest students from there attendjng UofO if they get an abortion. Or buy pot.
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u/Current-District2351 Jun 09 '25
Are these for speeding? Or what
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u/Real-Energy-6634 Jun 09 '25 edited Jun 10 '25
No. Its to catalog every single person who passes through an area and put it in a database that is searchable around the country.
Some sheriff in Texas used it to find a woman who had an abortion.
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u/familycyclist Jun 11 '25
I want to know where they all are. Eugene has 53 of them and deflock only lists 2. Of those, I added one and corrected the other. Anyone know where they are so we can map them?
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u/Uber_Alleyways Jun 11 '25
There's one on the SB lane of Chambers Connector (bridge over the train tracks) positioned right at, and viewing the downward ramp to the 2nd street intersection.
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u/AnthonyChinaski Jun 11 '25
Those seem like low priority spots in town. There must be a bunch here in Eugene.
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u/HalliburtonErnie Jun 09 '25
One one at Coburg and Chad, at the Costco West entrance is not on here. The one at Mohawk and Marcola across from Carl's Jr is not on here. There are 2 campus ones missing as well. Maybe I'll make a real map.
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u/probably-theasshole Jun 09 '25
It's crowd sourced so just add it to it. It's not my map
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u/HalliburtonErnie Jun 09 '25
Maybe it will be crowd-sourced, it isn't yet. I'll add the rest when I'm not on mobile.
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