ALPR cameras
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- Public comments
- 11
- Last 30 days
- 11
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 21, 2026.
Public comments (14)
Thanked the council for leading on the ALPR issue and urged a yes vote to make Appleton the first Wisconsin city to ban ALPRs.
Common Council — October 21, 2026 · 22:33 →Spoke in support of both the ALPR ban and increased noise penalties, citing privacy and loud-vehicle concerns.
Common Council — October 21, 2026 · 23:33 →Business owner who called ALPR databases mass surveillance and urged the council to ban the technology.
Common Council — October 21, 2026 · 24:33 →Little Chute resident urging a ban, citing documented abuse of ALPR footage and privacy rights.
Common Council — October 21, 2026 · 27:08 →Detailed misuse of Appleton's Flock data, missing audit logs, and federal misuse; argued the resolution is the right step.
Common Council — October 21, 2026 · 28:03 →Read the resolution, found the carve-outs reasonable, and announced she would support a yes vote.
Common Council — October 21, 2026 · 32:02 →Argued current ALPR technology cannot satisfy necessary guardrails and asked the council to approve the resolution.
Common Council — October 21, 2026 · 33:13 →Urged support for the ban, opposing a move toward mass surveillance; noted she is running for state assembly in District 56.
Common Council — October 21, 2026 · 35:01 →Raised First Amendment free-association concerns about pervasive tracking; on noise, cautioned against making Appleton feel less like a city.
Common Council — October 21, 2026 · 36:37 →Called the vote a historic opportunity and raised concerns about vendor ICE contracts; also supported the noise ban.
Common Council — October 21, 2026 · 38:03 →Described fears of LGBTQ+ residents about being tracked and her own experience of feeling followed by police after an out-of-state trip.
Common Council — October 21, 2026 · 39:00 →As an LGBTQ+ community member, spoke about the intimidation of constant surveillance and urged Appleton to set a precedent.
Common Council — October 21, 2026 · 42:35 →Raised newly disclosed cybersecurity vulnerabilities and argued a private vendor's system cannot be adequately audited.
Common Council — October 21, 2026 · 44:00 →A Lawrence student who urged the ban, citing hyper-policing and technology outpacing protections for underrepresented communities.
Common Council — October 21, 2026 · 46:00 →