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Indivisible of Coos County
October 26, 2026
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Let’s fill the North Bend City Council chambers tomorrow night
Tomorrow, Tuesday, October 27 at 7:00 p.m., the North Bend City Council is
set to vote on a five-year body camera contract with Axon. We need the community to show up and speak their mind.
We are not against body cameras. We are for transparency, accountability, and community
oversight. We are against a cloud-based storage system that the federal government and ICE specifically searches. A five-year contract locks us in before the community has seen the policy, the
data-sharing agreements, or the training. That is the wrong order.
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Tuesday · Oct 27 · 7:00 p.m.
North Bend City Council votes on Axon body cameras
City Council Chambers, North Bend City Hall
835 California Ave, North Bend
Come and tell the council: show us the policy, put the safeguards in writing, and give
the community a real voice through a CCOPS oversight model. You do not need to be an
expert. Your lived experience is your expertise.
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Why we are against the Axon contract
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It hands your footage to a private company. Axon wants to be the
“operating system” for police data, pooling footage from thousands of departments
on its own servers. The ACLU warns that gives a for-profit company unfettered
access to Americans’ sensitive data, and company insiders could use it to target
critics, journalists, or even alter evidence.
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The data goes to the cloud, where federal agencies can reach it.
Axon is cashing in on federal contracts, including body cameras for ICE and DHS.
Privacy experts warn the footage will be used to surveil immigrants and protesters,
not just hold officers accountable.
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It is a gateway to facial recognition. Axon is already testing
face recognition on body cameras. Its own ethics board said the technology is not
reliable enough and should not be used until it works equally across races. A
five-year contract locks us in as that rolls out.
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It is a big, locked-in cost. This contract is over $275,000 for five
years. A five-year deal makes it hard to switch vendors, and the city is on the
hook for the whole term.
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It buries the evidence. Departments report a 600% jump in video
evidence in five years; even minor cases can generate a terabyte. Agencies struggle
to pay for the storage, and the systems do not talk to each other.
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Can’t make it? You can still be heard
Submit a comment online. Get it in before 1:00 p.m. today, Oct 27th. The long comment box is below the short “about your
comment” box, so scroll down.
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Monday · Nov 2 · 5:00–7:00 p.m.
Community Intervention Team training
SOCC Empire Hall Black Box Theater
1988 Newmark Ave, Coos Bay, OR 97420 · Building 4
If you feel the need to do something when masked federal officers come to town with the intent of taking people then come learn how to keep them accountable, to do so safely and support your community and each other.
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It’s the final days of voting!
Your ballot is out. Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, and drop boxes close
at 8:00 p.m. It is time to switch to Drop box delivery ONLY. If you have voted already then THANK YOU very much for supporting democracy. If you have not voted yet then don’t wait another day, get it filled out, sealed, signed, and in the drop box tomorrow! We need EVERYONE, no matter how much you think your vote counts.
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Speaking of a drop box
Charleston now has a drop box!
Charleston Sanitary District Office
63365 Boat Basin Rd, Charleston
See every drop box in the county on our map.
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So tomorrow night we let North Bend know our thoughts, get your ballot in
a drop box, and come learn how to intervene next Monday. When the people show up and the people vote, the people win. This week we have a lot to show up for. Let’s go get that win!
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Indivisible of Coos County · info@coosindivisible.org
Indivisible of Coos County, Coos Bay, Oregon
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