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WEATHER WATCH 12 TEAM ON THE
HOME PAGE.
OUR BIG STORY AT TEN.
A CUDAHY GUN RANGE.
TAKING A STAND AGAINST FLOCK
CAMERAS.
POLICE DEPARTMENTS USE FLOCK
CAMERAS TO TRACK CARS AND READ
LICENSE PLATES, BUT SOME BELIEVE
THE TECHNOLOGY CAN BE AN
INVASION OF PRIVACY.
EAGLES SPORTS RANGE RECENTLY
DECIDED TO REMOVE ALL OF THE
FLOCK CAMERAS ON ITS PROPERTY,
AFTER A VIRAL VIDEO SPARKED
OUTRAGE.
12 NEWS T.J. DYSART SPOKE TO THE
GENERAL MANAGER ABOUT WHY.
SO I DECIDED TO GO TO THE GUN
RANGE TODAY.
IT’S A VIDEO THAT’S BEEN
VIEWED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
TIMES.
TELL ME WHY THERE ARE FLOCK
CAMERAS POINTING INTO THE
ENTRANCE OF THE PARKING LOT.
A VIDEO POSTED ON TWITTER
POINTING OUT MULTIPLE FLOCK
CAMERAS SCATTERED ACROSS THE
EAGLE SPORTS RANGE PARKING LOT
IN CUDAHY.
THE CAMERAS USED TO TRACK
LICENSE PLATES ON CARS.
NOT NOT THE STREETS, NOT THE
STREET INTO THE ENTRANCE SO THEY
CAN READ EVERY LICENSE PLATE
THAT COMES IN HERE.
WE ARE NOT UPSET WITH HER IN
ANY WAY FOR MAKING THAT VIDEO.
SAAD JABER IS GENERAL MANAGER
AT THE RANGE.
ONCE HE SAW THE NOW VIRAL VIDEO.
WE TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO
TAKE IT DOWN.
HE SAYS LONG BEFORE THIS
WEEK, THE RANGE HAD ALREADY
TRIED GETTING RID OF THE
CAMERAS.
THEY WENT UP IN 2023, THE RANGE
PURCHASING FLOCK CAMERAS AFTER A
STRING OF BREAK INS AT OTHER
MILWAUKEE AREA GUN RANGES.
BUT IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR,
THEY ASKED FLOCK TO REMOVE THE
CAMERAS OVER PRIVACY CONCERNS.
THEY RESPONDED BACK, SAYING
THAT WE HAVE A CONTRACT, WHICH I
HAD NO IDEA THAT WE WERE EVEN
LOCKED INTO A CONTRACT.
SIX MONTHS LATER.
THE HECK WITH THIS CONTRACT.
WE’LL DEAL WITH THAT LATER ON.
THE CAMERAS ARE NO LONGER
MOUNTED IN THE PARKING LOT.
INSTEAD.
IT’S LIKE STILL.
ON THERE, SITTING IN A BACK
ROOM ALONGSIDE EXTRA AMMUNITION.
IF YOU WILL SHOOT THEM.
WE OWN OUR OWN PRIVACY, BUT
WHEN THAT PRIVACY GETS
INFRINGED, THEN WHAT ARE WE
DOING?
WHAT KIND OF NATION ARE WE GOING
TO BECOME?
NOW, ALTHOUGH THE FLOCK
CAMERAS HAVE SINCE BEEN REMOVED
FROM THE PROPERTY, WE ARE TOLD
THAT CLOSED CIRCUIT CAMERAS
STILL REMAIN BOTH INSIDE THE
BUSINESS AND OUTSIDE IN THE
PARKING LOT.
THOSE CAMERAS, ONLY ACCESSIBLE
BY STAFF.
REPORTING IN CUDAHY.
TJ DYSART WISN12 NEWS.
12 NEWS HAS REACHED OUT TO
FLOCK FOR A RESPONSE, BUT WE
HAVE NOT HEARD BACK.
TONIGHT, A MIX UP INVOLVING A
FLOCK CAMERA LED TO POLICE
PULLING OVER THE WRONG PERSON ON
I-94 THURSDAY.
ACTUALLY, A FELONY VEHICLE
WANTED FOR A HOMICIDE SUSPECT
POSSIBLY ARMED WITH A FIREARM.
BROOKFIELD POLICE PULLED A
VEHICLE OVER AND DETAINED THE
TWO PEOPLE INSIDE AFTER GETTING
AN ALERT THAT THE CAR WAS LINKED
TO A HOMICIDE OUT OF MILWAUKEE.
BUT MILWAUKEE POLICE SAYS THAT
ITS STAFF HAD INADVERTENTLY LEFT
THE VEHICLE IN THE ALERT SYSTEM
AFTER IT WAS NO LONGER WANTED.
BROOKFIELD POLICE ENDED UP
RELEASING THE TWO PEOPLE
DETAINED ON THE FREEWAY IN
WAUKESHA.
POLICE SAY SOMEONE SMASHED A
FLOCK CAMERA WITH A METAL POLE
ON TUESDAY.
ATTACKS ON THE CAMERAS HAVE BEEN
HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY
RIGHT NOW.
IN THE 12 NEWS APP