Flock & ALPR Cameras in Albany, Oregon
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Albany — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Contract Canceled
Albany is on the record here. Albany, OR terminated its Flock Safety contract covering 1 cameras. Cited reasons: Public backlash; Federal access / privacy concerns; Early termination fee.
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No new reports near Albany in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 12, 18:56 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Albany
The readers mapped around Albany break down as 3 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. Every report here dates to Nov 2025.
- Oak Street Southeast — 2 readers
- 9th Avenue Southeast — 1 reader
Albany OR PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Albany OR PD runs 4 cameras of its own, has logged 11 plate-database searches. Its network connects to 21 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Cow Creek OR Tribal Police, Douglas County OR SO, Gilliam County OR SO, Grants Pass OR PD, Jackson County OR SO, OR - Josephine County SO, Klamath Falls OR PD, Lane County OR SO.
Albany in the Linn County picture
Linn County has 4 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #2,086 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 129,794 residents and 5,492 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 94.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 parking_entrance. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (3).
What’s watching Albany
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Albany — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Albany (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Albany
- On the agenda: Albany Agenda Packet — Flock Camera (Oct 7)
- Albany City Council will decide whether to turn the city’s Flock camera back on - Oregon Public Broadcasting
- Albany, OR: Contract Canceled
What you can do in Albany
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Albany
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).