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NVD CVE-2025-59403 - Flock Safety Android Collins application

NVD vulnerability record for the Flock Safety Android Collins application, describing unauthenticated administrative API endpoints and potential denial-of-service, information-disclosure, and remote-code-execution impacts.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
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Agency public link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59403

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Published November 6, 2025; updated December 2, 2025

Flock Safety response to compiled security research

Flock's November/December 2025 public response to compiled security research, stating that the company is improving security, has pledged to CISA Secure by Design principles, continues engaging with CISA, and views the disclosed vulnerabilities as not affecting customers' public-safety objectives. Included so Albany reviews both federal vulnerability records and the vendor's own response.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
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Agency public link: https://www.flocksafety.com/blog/response-to-compiled-security-research-on-flock-safety-devices

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Published 2025; NVD reanalysis October 23, 2025

NVD CVE-2025-47822 - Flock Safety LPR firmware

NVD vulnerability record for Flock Safety LPR devices with firmware through 2.2, describing improper access control on an on-chip debug interface.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
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Agency public link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47822

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Passed Senate February 20, 2026; passed House March 5, 2026; enrolled text

Oregon SB 1516 enrolled ALPR provisions

Enrolled Senate Bill 1516 from the 2026 regular session. Sections 3 to 9 define ALPR systems and captured license plate data, restrict law-enforcement use, recognize law-enforcement requests for private or non-law-enforcement ALPR data, limit ordinary retention to 30 days for non-investigative data, require visual confirmation before ALPR-based stops, limit sharing, require monthly and quarterly searchable audits, require public policies and vendor-contract terms, address existing contracts, and create civil remedies for improper vendor access or disclosure. Related sections require organized-retail-theft grant ALPR purchases to comply with Sections 3 to 9, amend ORS 192.345 with ALPR audit-disclosure rules, and include an emergency clause.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
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Agency public link: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1516/Enrolled

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Page last updated November 2, 2023

Albany City Council authority and charter overview

Official City page describing Albany City Council as the legislative branch that adopts ordinances, resolutions, policies, budgets, taxes, and conducts public meetings, and noting that the current charter became effective January 1, 1957 under a council-manager form of government.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
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Agency public link: https://albanyoregon.gov/council/policies?cat=Administration+and+Miscellaneous&m=policy&policyid=74

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October 7, 2021

Owen v. City of Portland, 368 Or 661 (2021)

Oregon Supreme Court decision holding that Oregon's rent-control preemption statute did not preempt Portland's tenant-relocation ordinance, reinforcing that courts look for clear statutory displacement rather than broad implied preemption.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
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Agency public link: https://law.justia.com/cases/oregon/supreme-court/2021/s068000.html

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October 2025

Senator Ron Wyden letter to Flock Safety

October 2025 public oversight letter raising concerns about Flock data sharing, federal access, National Lookup Tool participation, generic search reasons, immigration and abortion-enforcement searches, and the limits of vendor-side privacy filters.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
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Agency public link: https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wyden_letter_to_flock.pdf

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May 7, 2026

Schwartz v. Washington County, 375 Or 227 (2026)

Oregon Supreme Court home-rule/preemption decision holding that a county flavored-tobacco ban was not preempted by statewide tobacco licensing law because the statute did not unambiguously show legislative intent to make state law exclusive and the local ordinance could operate concurrently.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
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Agency public link: https://law.justia.com/cases/oregon/supreme-court/2026/s071235.html

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May 4, 2020

United States v. Yang, 958 F.3d 851 (9th Cir. 2020)

Ninth Circuit decision involving ALPR database evidence. Useful for explaining the architecture of private ALPR databases and law-enforcement access even though the court did not squarely decide the broader Fourth Amendment ALPR search question.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
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Agency public link: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca9/18-10341/18-10341-2020-05-04.html

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May 27, 2026

May 27, 2026 Albany City Council Agenda Packet

Official agenda packet link for the May 27, 2026 Council meeting. Used to track Strategic Plan adoption materials, the verbal Flock/ALPR action item, APD awards, Downtown EID assessment rows, ambulance fees, transportation planning, and public-works contract recommendations with source-faithful statuses.

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Trail: 2026-2030 Strategic Plan adoption and implementation dashboardTrail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-upTrail: Downtown EID assessment roll and property money trailTrail: May 27 infrastructure and procurement packet factsTrail: 2215 NW Violet Avenue senior housing and HB 4082 annexation reviewTrail: Camp Boondoggle shelter clearance and displacement records
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Agency public link: https://albanyoregon.gov/images/stories/citycouncil/archive/2026/cc_20260527_agd.pdf

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May 27, 2026

May 27, 2026 Albany City Council Meeting Video

Official meeting-video link from the City Council materials archive for the May 27, 2026 meeting. Used to verify the Flock/ALPR public-comment sequence, contract-cancellation vote, decorum exchanges, EID testimony, Strategic Plan adoption, Violet Avenue senior-housing public comment, and post-vote legal-analysis direction.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-upTrail: Public Comment Access and May 27 Written Comment RecordsTrail: 2026-2030 Strategic Plan adoption and implementation dashboardTrail: Downtown EID assessment roll and property money trailTrail: 2215 NW Violet Avenue senior housing and HB 4082 annexation reviewTrail: May 27 infrastructure and procurement packet facts
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Agency public link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDxnNOKsngU

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May 27, 2026

May 27, 2026 Albany City Council Public Comment Path

Official public-comment signup path linked from the City meeting materials page for the May 27, 2026 Council meeting.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-upTrail: Public Comment Access and May 27 Written Comment RecordsTrail: 2026-2030 Strategic Plan adoption and implementation dashboardTrail: Downtown EID assessment roll and property money trailTrail: May 27 infrastructure and procurement packet factsTrail: 2215 NW Violet Avenue senior housing and HB 4082 annexation reviewTrail: Camp Boondoggle shelter clearance and displacement records
Agency Public Link

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Agency public link: https://cityofalbany.wufoo.com/forms/sign-up-for-public-comment/def/field10=2026-05-27&field11=Meeting

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May 27-June 10, 2026

May 27 Public Participation and Council Response Source Note

Sanitized source note tying the May 27 agenda packet, official video link, June 10 draft minutes, public-comment archive research, working transcript excerpts, Albany Charter home-rule text, and Oregon SB 1516 ALPR text. The ALPR record shows unusually heavy public comment around Flock, a 4-2 contract-cancellation vote, public-trust concerns in council deliberation, Councilor McLeod asking staff to explore public and private ALPR limits, and the City Attorney flagging contract-law, jurisdiction, OSP/Benton County, private-camera, and state-law questions before a July 8 legal analysis.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
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May 17, 1983

State v. Kennedy, 295 Or 260 (1983)

Oregon Supreme Court decision explaining that Oregon constitutional guarantees are independent of federal constitutional case law in method and specifics. Included to frame why an Albany ALPR memo should analyze the Oregon Constitution before the U.S. Constitution.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
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Agency public link: https://law.justia.com/cases/oregon/supreme-court/1983/295-or-260-0.html

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March 3, 2010

Thunderbird Mobile Club v. City of Wilsonville, 234 Or App 457 (2010)

Oregon Court of Appeals decision rejecting express and implied preemption challenges to Wilsonville mobile-home-park conversion ordinances and stating that state occupation of a regulatory field does not necessarily preempt compatible local civil or administrative requirements.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
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Agency public link: https://law.justia.com/cases/oregon/court-of-appeals/2010/a134750.html

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Last updated May 22, 2026

APD Automated License Plate Recognition Camera FAQ

Official APD FAQ stating the department suspended LPR camera operations after February 25 Council direction pending further council action, and describing retention, camera count, sharing, prohibited uses, audit trails, and public-records handling.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
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Agency public link: https://albanyoregon.gov/police/safety/alpr-cameras-faq

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June 25, 2015

Rogue Valley Sewer Services v. City of Phoenix, 357 Or 437 (2015)

Oregon Supreme Court decision reaffirming the presumption against displacing local civil or administrative regulation of local conditions unless the legislature unambiguously expresses preemptive intent or state and local law cannot operate concurrently.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
Agency Public Link

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Agency public link: https://law.justia.com/cases/oregon/supreme-court/2015/s062277.html

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June 22, 2018

Carpenter v. United States, 585 U.S. ___ (2018)

United States Supreme Court decision holding that government acquisition of historical cell-site location records was a Fourth Amendment search and describing long-term location data as a detailed chronicle of a person's physical presence. Used as a location-privacy analogy for searchable ALPR movement databases, not as a direct ALPR holding.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
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Agency public link: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-402_h315.pdf

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June 21, 2018

State v. Mansor, 363 Or 185 (2018)

Oregon Supreme Court Article I, section 9 decision addressing computer and digital-device searches, recognizing privacy interests in large stores of digital data and warning against digital equivalents of general warrants.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
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Agency public link: https://law.justia.com/cases/oregon/supreme-court/2018/s064382.html

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June 10, 2026

June 10, 2026 Albany City Council Agenda Packet

Official 122-page agenda packet for the June 10, 2026 Council meeting. It includes draft May 27 minutes documenting the Flock Safety cancellation vote, Civic Leadership Academy engagement research, the CDBG 2026 Action Plan hearing, election-code amendments, North Albany pump station study contract, 4714 Springhill Drive outside-UGB water-service request, and Hill Street overlay contract.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-upTrail: Public Comment Access and May 27 Written Comment RecordsTrail: 2026-2030 Strategic Plan adoption and implementation dashboardTrail: May 27 infrastructure and procurement packet facts
Agency Public Link

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Agency public link: https://albanyoregon.gov/mnt/html/citycouncil/archive/2026/cc_20260610_agd.pdf

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July 12, 1988

State v. Campbell, 306 Or 157 (1988)

Oregon Supreme Court Article I, section 9 decision holding that police use of a radio transmitter to locate a vehicle was a search, rejecting a federal-style reasonable-expectation-of-privacy formula for Oregon searches, and explaining that technology-aided government practices can significantly impair the people's freedom from scrutiny.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
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Agency public link: https://law.justia.com/cases/oregon/supreme-court/1988/306-or-157.html

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January 23, 2012

United States v. Jones, 565 U.S. 400 (2012)

United States Supreme Court decision holding that attaching a GPS device to a vehicle and using it to monitor movements constituted a Fourth Amendment search. Included as a location-tracking authority relevant to persistent vehicle-movement surveillance.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
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Agency public link: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep565/usrep565400/usrep565400.pdf

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Effective text after 2024 amendments

Oregon Constitution Article I rights

Official Oregon Constitution text, including Article I, section 8 free expression, section 9 search and seizure, section 18 takings, and section 26 peaceable assembly, instruction of representatives, and petition for redress.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
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Agency public link: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/Pages/OrConst.aspx

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Current U.S. Code text

Driver's Privacy Protection Act - 18 U.S.C. 2721

Federal statute restricting disclosure and use of personal information obtained from state motor-vehicle records, with enumerated permissible uses and resale/redisclosure limits. Relevant to ALPR research when plate scans are connected with DMV-linked lookups or motor-vehicle-record data.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
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Agency public link: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2721

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Current U.S. Code text

Driver's Privacy Protection Act - 18 U.S.C. 2722

Federal statute making it unlawful to knowingly obtain or disclose personal information from a motor-vehicle record for a use not permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721(b), and unlawful to use false representation to obtain personal information from a motor-vehicle record.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
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Agency public link: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2722

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Current reference guide

League of Oregon Cities home-rule and preemption guide

Reference guide describing Oregon city home-rule authority and the limits placed on it by state and federal preemption, including displacement of local lawmaking authority by state statutes.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
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Agency public link: https://www.orcities.org/resources/guides-handbooks/city-handbook/handbook-chapter-2

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Current public statute reference

ORS 192.324 Public-Records Response Framework

Public statutory reference for response timing, fee estimates, and request handling. Linked for tracker rows that turn on statutory response obligations.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-upTrail: Comprehensive Municipal Personnel Directory & Organizational Charts
Agency Public Link

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Agency public link: https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_192.324

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Current public portal

Flock Safety Albany Transparency Portal

Public Flock transparency portal linked by APD for policies, retention, sharing partners, audit guardrails, usage statistics, and camera-program status signals.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
Agency Public Link

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Agency public link: https://transparency.flocksafety.com/albany-or-pd

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Current public page

Albany Council Meeting Materials Archive

Official City archive for agenda packets, summaries, approved minutes, staff handouts, and meeting video links. Used to ground the public-comment access track.

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Trail: Public Comment Access and May 27 Written Comment RecordsTrail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-upTrail: 2026-2030 Strategic Plan adoption and implementation dashboardTrail: Downtown EID assessment roll and property money trailTrail: May 27 infrastructure and procurement packet factsTrail: 2215 NW Violet Avenue senior housing and HB 4082 annexation reviewTrail: Camp Boondoggle shelter clearance and displacement recordsTrail: 53rd & Pacific apartment appeal and land-use decision recordTrail: DLCD UGB technical assistance grant for wetland mitigation planning
Agency Public Link

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Agency public link: https://albanyoregon.gov/council/materials

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Current Oregon Revised Statutes

ORS 181A.250 law-enforcement collection limits

Oregon law barring law-enforcement agencies from collecting or maintaining information about political, religious, or social views, associations, or activities unless directly tied to a criminal investigation with reasonable grounds. Relevant to ALPR systems that could reveal visits to protected or association-sensitive locations.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
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Agency public link: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors181A.html

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Current Oregon Revised Statutes

ORS 181A.820 immigration-enforcement limits

Oregon statute limiting law-enforcement use of agency money, equipment, and personnel to detect or apprehend people whose only law violation is a federal immigration law violation, unless required by federal law.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
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Agency public link: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors181A.html

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Current Oregon Revised Statutes

ORS 181A.826 public resources and immigration enforcement

Oregon statute prohibiting use of public facilities, property, money, equipment, technology, or personnel for investigating, detecting, apprehending, arresting, detaining, or holding individuals for immigration enforcement, with documentation and reporting requirements.

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Trail: Flock Safety cancellation and Councilor McLeod ALPR ordinance follow-up
Agency Public Link

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Agency public link: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors181A.html

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Charter of 1956; Ord. 5741, June 23, 2010

Albany Charter home-rule powers

Official Albany Charter text stating that the City has all powers expressly or impliedly granted or allowed to municipalities by federal law, Oregon law, and common law, and that the charter should be liberally construed so the City has all powers necessary or convenient for municipal affairs.

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August 3, 1982

State v. Robertson, 293 Or 402 (1982)

Oregon Supreme Court Article I, section 8 decision setting the speech-law framework. Included as a drafting warning that an ALPR ordinance should regulate automated surveillance conduct and data systems rather than speech, opinion, journalism, or ordinary photography.

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April 29, 1993

City of Portland v. Jackson, 316 Or 143 (1993)

Oregon Supreme Court decision on local criminal-law compatibility with state criminal statutes. Included as a drafting caution: Albany's ALPR ordinance should be framed as civil privacy, public-safety, licensing, nuisance, or data-governance regulation rather than a local crime that rewrites state criminal law.

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2026 regular session

ORS 192.345(44) ALPR public-records audit provision

SB 1516 amends ORS 192.345 to conditionally exempt captured license plate data from disclosure while requiring public release of ALPR audit results after removing personally identifying information, including plate numbers and vehicle characteristics.

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