Lane County is the latest local government to sign a contract with AI-license plate reader company Flock Safety.

Lane County has signed a 2-year, $132,000 contract with Flock Safety, according to documents KLCC obtained with a public records request. The technology will allow deputies to search for vehicles based on license plates, or use AI to search for visual characteristics like color and model.

In an email to KLCC, Tim Wallace-a spokesperson for the Lane County Sheriff’s Office–said the county’s 22 cameras have not been installed. He said the county used seized drug funds to pay for the system.

The contract was signed by Sheriff Carl Wilkerson in July, a few weeks after he was sworn into office. Wilkerson told Lookout Eugene Springfield, which first reported the sheriff's plan

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