First and Ellsworth

Camera disabled over council’s worries

Written February 26th, 2026 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 20 responses.

Albany’s sole Flock Safety surveillance camera has been temporarily disabled as a result of city council action on Wednesday night, but for now the camera equipment will stay in place.

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Tags: Albany council, Albany police, First and Ellsworth, Flock cameras, immigration

Flock ‘transparency portal’ goes only so far

Written January 11th, 2026 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

Early on Saturday morning, an Oregon law enforcement agency searched the data of Albany’s lone police surveillance camera for a shoplifting investigation.

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Tags: First and Ellsworth, Flock camera, Flock Safety, license plate readers, surveillance cameras

Driving into Albany, you’re being recorded

Written December 1st, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 32 responses.

If you’ve driven across the Ellsworth Street Bridge lately — and who in Albany hasn’t? — chances are a photo of your vehicle and plate number was recorded and stored for 30 days.

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Tags: cameras, First and Ellsworth, Flock cameras, Flock Safety, license plate readers

What? A traffic jam here?

Written May 4th, 2013 by

Comments: no responses.

One of the many reasons many of us live in the mid-Willamette Valley and stay here is that we seldom get stuck in traffic. So it was with some surprise that driving into Albany on Friday night, it was stop-and-go on Highway 20 headed for the Ellsworth Street Bridge. Now I know that if congestion […]

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Tags: Albany traffic, congestion, First and Ellsworth

HASSO HERING

Camera disabled over council’s worries

Flock ‘transparency portal’ goes only so far

Driving into Albany, you’re being recorded

What? A traffic jam here?