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Oshkosh where the warm weather
is threatening some winter
activities. But first flock
cameras or license plate
recognition. Cameras are
popping up in more places
along the lakeshore and a lot
of people are asking why.
This flock camera among
others were installed by least
months ago. I'm your Lakeshore
neighborhood reporter Abbi,
him, a check finding out
exactly what they're used for.
Flock cameras like these
sort of beach into rivers are
used to collect license plate
data and provide police with
by video I would say in
today's day in age knowing we
have this technology
available.
And if we chose not to use
it.
I would almost be negligent
injury rates as since they
were installed last year. The
cameras have helped in 7
arrests. Organizations like
the ACLU have called for a ban
citing privacy and civil
rights violations calling the
mass surveillance network,
people into rivers. I saw have
raised concerns on social
media as well.
Community members who may
be concerned about privacy of
someone watching it are just
collecting data. How would you
weigh reassured that?
You know, we understand
concerns in the community
about privacy things of that
nature. However, everything
that is being recorded and
used by flock, for instance,
us all within the public
sector. So whether we go
door-to-door and collect
footage, ring cameras and
businesses, whether we have
our own system deflation
quicker to solve crimes, it's
really the same And it also
now has the cameras adding 11
last summer? Yes, a leaflet
technology helped recover more
than 1000 people across the
country.
It more than 10% of all
reported crime in the United
States pairs. Louisville of
Flock says when it comes to
data being shared and stored,
it stays within the agencies
using flock customers, those
agencies on 100% of the data
that's collected from their
cameras. So they choose who to
share with if they want to
share it with at all whom they
share that specific license
plate reader data with by full
all the video a license plate
reads are deleted after 30
days.
2 rivers, police say they
hope to install more in the
future, especially to help out
with large events when police
can see everything that's
going on into Rivers. Abby,
him check NBC. 26.
Taking a deeper look into
automatic license plate
readers or flock cameras.
There isn't a single precise
number for all flock cameras
in Wisconsin. But recent
reports from 2025 and really
26 indicate over 200 law
enforcement agencies use them.
Our research found if you were
to drive from Sturgeon Bay to
Fond du Lac, your license
plate could be recorded by
police departments in Sturgeon
Bay Green Bay to peer
Kaukauna, Appleton, Neenah.
Menasha Oshkosh and Fond du
Lac.
Several cities like
Evanston, Illinois in
Flagstaff, Arizona, have
canceled or halted contracts,
reflect cameras due to privacy
concerns. They found residents
fear mass surveillance to
being sold or misused issues.
Also rose from flock data
sharing with federal users
like ice without clear local
consent. Also court rulings in
places like Washington state
determined flock images are
public records.
Leading some cities to shut
down s