Cameras / OR
License plate readers in Oregon
465 cameras have been documented in Oregon. That is the 37th-largest documented total of the 51 states and territories with any readers on record, and 0.4% of the 130,300 documented nationwide. Portland has the most of any city in the state, with 64 — 14% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 276 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 65%. 276 of them stand in the 9 cities listed below. 189 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.
Updated August 14, 2026.
465
cameras documented statewide
37th
most-documented of 51 states and territories
276
in listed cities
189
outside city limits
ALPR law in Oregon
Oregon regulates automated license plate readers under Or. Laws 2026, ch. 77 (SB 1516). The statute caps retention at 30 days. Signed March 31, 2026 and effective immediately, Oregon's law requires plate data unconnected to a court proceeding or ongoing investigation to be deleted within 30 days, and bars sharing with non-Oregon government entities except for a case-specific law enforcement purpose. Vendors may not sell or disclose the data, must encrypt it, and must supply audits that agencies publish within two days.
Who makes them
Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.
- Flock Safety180
- Motorola Solutions2
- Genetec4
- Neology2
- Other vendors58
- Unknown30
By city
| City | Cameras | Per square mile |
|---|---|---|
| Portland | 64 | 0.48 |
| Eugene | 54 | 1.21 |
| Medford | 46 | 1.60 |
| Sutherlin | 31 | 5.07 |
| Salem | 30 | 0.61 |
| Roseburg | 16 | 1.49 |
| Hillsboro | 14 | 0.53 |
| Beaverton | 11 | 0.56 |
| Umatilla | 10 | 1.96 |
Camera locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). City boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Counts reflect volunteer documentation, not an official census; cities appear once ten cameras are documented.