Flock & ALPR Cameras in Bend, Oregon
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Bend — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Cameras Deactivated
Bend is on the record here. Bend City Council voted to deactivate and remove their Flock cameras over concerns with Flock's business practices.
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No new reports near Bend in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 14:38 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Bend
The readers mapped around Bend break down as 4 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Aug 2025; the most recent in Jun 2026.
- Cooley Road — 1 reader
- Highway 97 — 1 reader
- The Dalles-California Highway — 1 reader
- Robal Lane — 1 reader
Bend in the Deschutes County picture
Deschutes County has 13 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,926 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 203,026 residents and 6,815 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 80.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic.
Camera activity around Bend, last 30 days
2 newly reported, 2 removed in our hourly change log for Bend. Latest change logged Aug 22, 2026.
What’s watching Bend
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 Bend — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Bend (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Bend
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Bend, OR
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Bend, OR
- A Close Look at Bend PD’s Updated Policy on Automated License Plate Reader Technology - The Source
- Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Says No to Automated License Plate Readers - The Source - Bend, Oregon - The Source
What you can do in Bend
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 Bend
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).