Editing Eugene, Oregon (section)

===Public safety===
The Eugene Police Department is the city's law enforcement and public safety agency.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eugene Police Department |url=http://www.eugene-or.gov/index.aspx?nid=162 |access-date=December 31, 2012 |archive-date=December 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218005100/http://www.eugene-or.gov/index.aspx?NID=162 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Lane County Sheriff's Office (Oregon)|Lane County Sheriff's Office]] also has its headquarters in Eugene.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lane County Sheriff. |url=http://www.lanecounty.org/Departments/Sheriff/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414072256/http://www.lanecounty.org/Departments/Sheriff/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=April 14, 2010 |access-date=April 26, 2010}}</ref>

The University of Oregon is served by the [[University of Oregon Police Department]],<ref>{{cite web |title=U of O Campus PD |url=http://police.uoregon.edu/ |access-date=December 31, 2012 |archive-date=December 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227103835/http://police.uoregon.edu/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=about UODPS |url=http://police.uoregon.edu/node/85 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211633/http://police.uoregon.edu/node/85 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |access-date=December 31, 2012}}</ref> and Eugene Police Department also has a police station in the West University District near campus. Lane Community College is served by the Lane Community College Public Safety Department.<ref>{{cite web |title=LCCPSD |url=http://www2.lanecc.edu/psd/public-safety-services |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121226060216/http://www2.lanecc.edu/psd/public-safety-services |archive-date=December 26, 2012 |access-date=December 31, 2012}}</ref> The [[Oregon State Police]] have a presence in the rural areas and highways around the Eugene metro area.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oregon state police |url=http://www.oregon.gov/osp/Pages/index.aspx |access-date=December 31, 2012 |archive-date=January 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101012553/http://www.oregon.gov/osp/Pages/index.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Lane Transit District|LTD]] downtown station, and the [[Emerald Express (EmX)|EmX]] lines are patrolled by [[Lane Transit District|LTD]] [[Transit police|Transit Officers]]. Since 1989 the mental health crisis intervention non-governmental agency [[CAHOOTS (crisis response)|CAHOOTS]] has responded to Eugene's mental health 911 calls.<ref name=":02">{{cite web |last=Villafranca |first=Omar |date=October 23, 2019 |title=An alternative to police: Mental health team responds to emergencies in Oregon |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mental-health-team-responds-to-emergencies-oregon-alternative-to-police-2019-10-23/ |access-date=June 9, 2020 |website=CBS News |language=en |archive-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617131459/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mental-health-team-responds-to-emergencies-oregon-alternative-to-police-2019-10-23/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite news |last=Elinson |first=Zusha |date=November 24, 2018 |title=When Mental-Health Experts, Not Police, Are the First Responders |language=en-US |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-mental-health-experts-not-police-are-the-first-responders-1543071600 |access-date=June 9, 2020 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=June 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609162605/https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-mental-health-experts-not-police-are-the-first-responders-1543071600 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Eugene-Springfield Fire Department is the agency responsible for emergency medical services, fire suppression, HAZMAT operations and water/Confined spaces rescues in the combined Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area.<ref>{{cite web |title=City of Eugene Fire and Emergency Medical Services |url=https://eugene-or.gov/120/Fire-and-Emergency-Medical-Services |access-date=May 2, 2021 |archive-date=May 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502181920/https://eugene-or.gov/120/Fire-and-Emergency-Medical-Services |url-status=live }}</ref>

Eugene used to have an ordinance which prohibited car horn usage for non-driving purposes. After several residents were cited for this offense during the anti-Gulf War demonstrations in January 1991, the city was taken to court and in 1992 the [[Oregon Court of Appeals]] overturned the ordinance, finding it unconstitutionally vague.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 4, 1992 |title=City of Eugene v. Powlowski |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/oregon/court-of-appeals/1992/116-or-app-186.html |access-date=July 18, 2020 |archive-date=July 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718185231/https://law.justia.com/cases/oregon/court-of-appeals/1992/116-or-app-186.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Eugene City Hall]] was abandoned in 2012 for reasons of structural integrity, energy efficiency, and obsolete size. Various offices of city government became tenants in eight other buildings.