MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — Milwaukee County leaders officially banned Flock cameras and automated license plate readers from county parks in a legislation signing event Monday at Carver Park on Milwaukee’s near north side.
The county board voted unanimously to ban plate readers from parks at its Oct. 1 meeting, and even before County Executive David Crowley signed the legislation with Board Chairwoman Marcelia Nicholson-Bovell, parks workers placed bags over the 42 Flock cameras in county parks.
County leaders have cited privacy concerns, and they also pointed to instances of officers misusing Flock data for their nefarious personal use. They also cited data sharing issues cited by other law enforcement agencies when dropping their Flock agreements in recent weeks.
“We cannot wait for a data breach,” Crowley told reporters at the event. “We cannot wait until privacy is compromised or whether information is misused before we actually act.”…