Communities around Wisconsin are choosing to part ways with AI-powered law enforcement cameras made by private surveillance company Flock.
Flock cameras can read license plates, but they can also register car color, make and model, stickers, damage and other identifying features. That information can be uploaded to a database that can be accessed by law enforcement and federal agencies nationwide.
Last year, at least 221 Wisconsin law enforcement agencies used Flock cameras, according to an August 2025 investigation by the Wisconsin Examiner. Since then, Dane County, Sturgeon Bay, Oshkosh and Fitchburg, as well as others, have cut ties with the Atlanta-based company, which also makes first responder drones and gunshot detection systems…