Josephine County Sheriff Dave Daniel says "FLOCK ALPRs are no longer activated in rural Josephine County" and the Sheriff's Office contract has ended
Dave DanielSheriff of Josephine County, Oregon, and candidate for re-election
In a Josephine County Sheriff's Office release reported on August 13, 2026, Sheriff Dave Daniel said he asked county legal counsel to send Flock a termination-for-convenience letter, that Flock license plate readers are no longer activated in rural Josephine County, and that the Sheriff's Office contract has ended. Jefferson Public Radio reports he also said the technology has been beneficial in solving crime and that much of the county is not ready or willing to accept it.
“Effective immediately, FLOCK ALPRs are no longer activated in rural Josephine County and the contract with the Sheriff’s Office has ended.”
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Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
Networked automated license-plate readers record passing vehicles and let agencies search or share travel records across locations. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to prohibit these networks, keep them with legal limits, or defend their use for investigations. This tracker records attributable positions on that choice, including proposals that would affect only public funding or data access.
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KQEN News Radio report on a Josephine County Sheriff's Office release ending the Flock license plate reader contract.
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Jefferson Public Radio report on Josephine County ending its Flock contract.
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KQEN reports a Sheriff's Office release saying the office had a contract for ten Flock cameras and that the equipment had been targeted and vandalized in recent months.
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KQEN reports that some Flock equipment is still in the field but not in use, and that it is unknown when Flock will remove it.
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The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Daniel says "FLOCK ALPRs are no longer activated in rural Josephine County and the contract with the Sheriff's Office has ended." That stops use of the system and names no replacement. Jefferson Public Radio reports he credited the technology with helping solve crimes and said much of the county is not ready to accept it, so he ends this contract without condemning plate readers as such. That fits Mixed or conditional and Ban or remove. The closest competing label is Condemned, which would fit a statement that the cameras themselves are a harm; his statement credits their benefit.
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The Dispute Index. "Josephine County Sheriff Dave Daniel says "FLOCK ALPRs are no longer activated in rural Josephine County" and the Sheriff's Office contract has ended". First published: 2026-10-09. Last updated: 2026-10-09. https://disputeindex.com/events/5242-in-a-josephine-county-sheriff-s-office-release