Eugene Police Chief Chris Skinner confirmed Tuesday that a Flock camera was turned on after the city ordered the AI-powered license plate readers to be shut down in October.

As first reported by KLCC , Flock’s data showed as recently as Monday that its Eugene police cameras had been active in the past month.

At a press conference Tuesday, Skinner said he now believes one Flock camera was rebooted after an error message.

He said there's no indication the resulting data was used by law enforcement, and he believes the camera was already back offline by the time EPD discovered the problem.

He said his department learned of the issue last week after a tip from a community member, and that motivated his department's decision to cancel its contract with Flock last Friday .

“That vulnerab

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