Dated research · Published 2026-09-25
Automated license plate recognition (ALPR) is the first focus: read dated payment, decision, procurement, meeting and policy records, then see what each record can and cannot answer.
Ironwood · Payment-register entry · Records through 2026-08-10
City records list a May 2024 camera payment and a September 2025 annual LPR maintenance/software fee. October 2025 proceedings record approval of the monthly register as a whole, while an August 2026 packet records public questions and a departmental statement about two cameras.
Dickinson County · Attributed departmental statement · Records through 2026-07-13
Dickinson County's July 2026 minutes record Sheriff Aaron Rochon saying that the K.I.N.D. executive board purchased the cameras and held installation authority. An earlier Iron Mountain record attributes a two-camera county count to a council member.
Hancock · Purchase discussion; no motion · Records through 2025-11-19
Council minutes show a camera quote added to the agenda, opposition recorded in public comment, and no motion on the purchase item. They do not establish a rejection vote or current deployment status.
Helena Township · Purchase decision · Records through 2026-08-13
Posted October 2025 minutes record five affirmative votes to purchase a Flock camera for $3,000. August 2026 draft minutes record a later sheriff's-department discussion, with the draft status and attribution preserved.
Traverse City · Procurement and approved authorization · Records through 2022-12-19
The 2022 parking trail includes an earlier approximately $260,000 DDA recommendation, a later $330,000 ceiling with contingent components, and an approved City Commission authorization. The retained records do not establish the executed agreement, spending, completed installation or police-network access.
Alpena County · Proposal; conflicting signed minutes · Records through 2026-03-24
A Sheriff’s Office request proposed grant-funded Flock costs. Both draft minutes and the county’s signed archive copy preserve a failed purchase motion followed by a contradictory approval recommendation; the eventual purchase outcome remains unresolved.
Bayfield County · Adoption and attributed follow-up · Records through 2026-08-17
Later Sheriff’s Committee minutes record approval of the March and April 2026 minutes. A June account attributes to Sheriff Williams a five-member input committee that had met once; the committee’s own records remain unverified.
Price County · Committee purchase approval · Records through 2024-08-15
The Executive Committee approved using unused 2024 debt proceeds for four cameras. Its minutes record a $14,600 purchase figure and a separate $12,000 annual fee; they do not establish payment or current operation.
Chippewa Falls · Preliminary discussion; no action · Records through 2025-06-02
Committee #3 minutes record a technology overview, a proposed webinar, and questions about county interest and grant funding. The June 2 item ended with no action taken.
Wisconsin State Patrol · Written policy · Records through 2025-03-07
Wisconsin State Patrol policy 4-3 sets written requirements for alert confirmation, historical access, sharing, documentation and custom-hotlist audits. The document does not establish observed compliance or rules for every Wisconsin agency.
Forest Home Township · Camera financing vote · Records through 2026-08-06
Forest Home Township’s July 2, 2026 minutes record a motion approving the Antrim County Sheriff’s Department request to finance one Flock camera within the township. Steiner, Mahan and Smith voted aye; Kent and Crandall voted nay. The township’s linked August minutes record approval of the July 2 minutes.
Garfield Township · Agreement authorization · Records through 2023-03-28
Garfield Township’s March 28, 2023 handouts include March 14 minutes recording five affirmative votes and no negative votes to enter an agreement with Flock Group, authorize the supervisor to sign, and enter a memorandum with the Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Department concerning data generated by the system.
Peninsula Township · Renewal motion · Records through 2024-08-13
Peninsula Township’s August 13, 2024 minutes record a unanimous roll-call vote to renew the Flock Safety contract for twelve months. The preceding discussion identifies six cameras and an $18,000 annual renewal quote. Those figures describe the meeting’s renewal discussion; they do not establish money paid or the contract’s present status.
Waukesha · Donation and contract approval · Records through 2026-09-15
On September 15, 2026, Waukesha’s council voted 13–0, with two members absent, to remove $292,000 for the Flock program from its 2027–2031 capital plan. The executive capital budget listed $56,000 for 2027 and 2028, calling 2027 year 4 of a five-year Flock contract, plus 2029–2031 estimates in case of a new contract. A year earlier, the council approved a three-camera contract addition by consent. The 2026 vote appears in the city’s Legistar database; the city’s meeting page marked the minutes as not yet final when reviewed.
Racine · Contract continuation and camera-covering vote · Records through 2026-09-15
Racine’s final September 15, 2026 council minutes record three votes on the Flock camera contract. A motion to terminate it within a 30-day grace period, with police retaining information, failed 6–8. A motion to bag the cameras within 30 days and allow the use of data for ongoing investigations passed 8–7, with Mayor Mason among the ayes. The council then approved the communication as amended, 8–6. The resolution text presented for the meeting would have kept the contract in effect through December 31, 2026; the retained records do not show how the amendment changed that text.
Oconomowoc · Cancellation resolution in council packet · Records through 2026-09-15
Oconomowoc’s posted minutes for the September 15, 2026 Common Council meeting record that a motion to adopt Resolution 26-R3404, cancelling the city’s contract with Flock Safety, carried; the minutes give the vote as “5-0-2” and list two aldermen as voting no. The city administrator’s memo in the meeting packet says the city has six cameras under a 2026–2027 extension, notes statements from other law enforcement agencies about Flock retaining data longer than agreed, and says the city may owe $18,000 in 2027 if the contract is canceled.
Milwaukee · Administrative use limits · Records through 2026-09-22
Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s August 31, 2026 statement announced new limits on the Milwaukee Police Department’s Flock camera use. In a September 11, 2026 letter to Common Council members, the police chief wrote that only supervisors can query the plate-reader system and MPD no longer shares its data with other agencies, both effective September 1; that queries are limited to listed crime types and missing-person cases; and that data is kept seven days. The letter also says MPD supervisors can still use other agencies’ plate-reader feeds in 836 jurisdictions. These are administrative changes described by the mayor and the department; the revised operating procedure was still a draft, and no council-adopted rule is in the record.
Oshkosh · Renewal approval rescinded · Records through 2026-04-22
On April 21, 2026, Oshkosh’s Common Council amended Resolution 26-164 from a two-year to a one-year Flock renewal and approved it 5–2. At a special meeting on April 22, the council voted 7–0 for Resolution 26-196, which rescinds that approval and directs staff to reject the agreement and notify Flock Group Inc. that the city will not proceed. According to the minutes, the police chief said his staff had told him that information a Flock representative gave the council about whether the system can create a heat map of travel patterns was inaccurate.
Wisconsin Legislature · Bill texts and histories · Records through 2026-03-23
Wisconsin legislators introduced plate-reader bills in 2025 that took different approaches. AB 576 would have banned plate-reader use, with exceptions, and required warrants for police access to plate-reader and private security-camera data. AB 300 would have funded purchases through state grants; a related Senate bill, SB 299, has the same relating clause. The histories and committee records list no hearing or vote, and they record each bill as failing to pass under the session schedule in March 2026.
Michigan Legislature · Pending bill texts and status · Records through 2026-07-29
Michigan legislators introduced three bills in 2026 that would limit government use of automatic plate readers to listed purposes, require posted policies and quarterly reports, and restrict disclosure of plate data. The legislature’s status pages, retrieved September 24, 2026 (U.S. Central time), list no action on any of the bills after committee referral except electronic reproduction. The texts differ on retention. HB 5493 sets a 14-day limit with exceptions. SB 1131 as introduced states no day count: section 5(1) bars retention except for listed reasons, and each agency’s privacy policy sets a maximum time subject to that section.
Verona · Nonrenewal vote · Records through 2025-11-24
Minutes from November 10, 2025, included in Verona’s November 24 council packet, record a 7–1 vote to decline renewal of the Flock Safety contract, with Weiss voting no. The city’s official meeting recap also reports the decision to decline renewal. These are decision records; they do not establish when cameras stopped operating or were removed.
Neenah · Camera recommendation approval · Records through 2022-02-16
Neenah’s February 16, 2022 packet includes February 2 council proceedings and detailed minutes. Both record all members voting aye on the committee’s camera-purchase recommendation. The recommendation identifies $16,500 from the 2022 Capital Improvement Program and the Flock services agreement. This is a dated authorization, not evidence of complete spending or current operation.
Marinette · Committee recommendation · Records through 2026-08-17
Minutes of Marinette’s December 16, 2024 Public Safety and Code Enforcement Committee meeting, reproduced in the January 20, 2025 packet, record concurrence in recommending that the Common Council approve the Flock contract. The minutes attribute a proposed shared cost with the county to Police Chief LaCombe. The recommendation does not establish the council’s later decision or an executed cost-sharing agreement.
Houghton County · Planning deliberation · Records through 2026-04-21
April 21, 2026 planning minutes record members’ general opposition to public surveillance camera placement while reviewing Flock correspondence. The passage records no camera decision.
Marquette County · Attributed grant pursuit · Records through 2025-05-07
An April 8, 2025 sheriff update in US-41 Corridor Advisory Group minutes describes pursuit of a license-plate-reader grant and consideration of installation locations.
Port Wing · Public discussion recommendation · Records through 2025-11-13
November 2025 town minutes record a recommendation for the sheriff to discuss access safeguards and database security with constituents.
Red Cliff · Tribal decision announcement · Records through 2025-10-27
The tribe’s October 2025 newsletter supplies its own account of the vote previously described by Bayfield County’s sheriff.
Stevens Point · Future suspension announcement · Records through 2026-09-04
A September 4 mayoral statement announces a future suspension and exploration of contract termination; it does not record completed shutdown.
Dane County · Attributed implementation statement · Records through 2026-06-05
The June 5 statement distinguishes a reported end to the contract from equipment that had not been removed by the deadline.
Kaukauna · Nonrenewal announcement · Records through 2026-07-08
The July 8 city announcement separates the reported June contract expiration from the work still needed to deactivate and remove equipment.
Sheboygan · Termination request announcement · Records through 2026-08-25
The August 25 city statement planned camera covering and a September 8 council request; the council outcome is not established.
Menomonie · Purchase approval and attributed later account · Records through 2024-06-03
February 2024 official proceedings record a purchase approval with one dissent. Later minutes record the police chief describing use of the cameras; neither source proves payment or current operation.
Leelanau County · Tentative recommendation withdrawal · Records through 2025-07-08
A July 2025 Executive Board account records withdrawal of a proposed recommendation for a 2026 camera study. It does not establish a later decision.
Cheboygan County · Attributed budget discussion · Records through 2025-11-12
October 2025 minutes record a staff budget discussion describing Stone Garden funding for installation and subscriptions. Later approval of those minutes does not establish camera procurement approval.
Berrien County · Approval records · Records through 2024-03-14
Berrien County records document approval of a five-year continuation for countywide license plate reader service with Flock Group Inc. The same-day Board minutes record 12 yeas and no nays on the consent calendar containing that contract.
Reading a public payment or approval record
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