Flock ALPR contract

Said guardrails are insufficient given prior side-door data sharing with Wisconsin agencies, announced a charter change with Alderman Brower requiring Council approval of ALPR contracts, and threatened to strip Flock funding from the 2027 budget.

ACLU of Wisconsin policy director detailed Flock's misrepresentations in other cities and said Milwaukee's contract grants Flock a broad license to city data; called for ending the contract.

Milwaukee Turners coordinator said guardrails don't work, Flock has lied to city councils, and Milwaukee should join jurisdictions cancelling the technology.

Questioned whether MPD data can truly be firewalled from federal agencies given fusion center partnerships and the DOJ letter opposing the city's ICE mask ban.

Milwaukee Turners representative catalogued Flock's inaccuracies, officer misuse cases, and data-selling concerns, and urged the commission to act before it's too late.

Leaders Igniting Transformation member reviewed research on camera accuracy problems and asked the commission to define supervisor eligibility, dashboard content, and searchable reason standards in SOP 735.

Spoke on balance and justice (Ma'at), questioning whether surveillance creates safety or imbalance, and criticized media characterization of her prior testimony.

Read a statement for Rep. Ryan Clancy urging an end to the MPD-Flock contract and highlighting an internal Flock document admitting mass surveillance; noted AB 576 banning such technology statewide.

Read Alderman Alex Brower's statement calling for MPD to cancel all Flock contracts and promising to use every legislative tool against ALPRs.

A Milwaukee civil designer and hit-and-run survivor argued cameras document harm rather than prevent it, and urged investment in street design and lighting instead of surveillance.

Block Black Leaders Organizing for Communities co-director said no one has testified in favor of Flock over months of meetings and urged the commission to end the contract.

UWM student government president noted the university dropped Flock in September, and argued for accountability, privacy protections for survivors and immigrants, and oversight of emergency communications failures.

Argued the core problem is corporate retention and sharing of data, not internal access rules, calling ALPR a Fourth-violating 'pre-crime' dragnet and urging a ban.

ACLU of Wisconsin staffer asked the commission to adopt CCOPS (Community Control Over Police Surveillance), noted nearly a quarter million dollars spent on Flock since 2022, and contrasted that spending with unmet community needs.

Said months of unanimous public opposition have been ignored, argued consolidating access among fewer people increases corruption risk, and called for a full facial recognition ban.

Youth organizer with Pathfinders and LIT spoke on historical parallels, surveillance of innocent people, and called for citizen consent and accountability in decisions about the technology.

Challenged MPD's claim that SOP 735 bars releasing search records to the commission, arguing the FPC's enabling statute overrides it and urging the commission to compel policy changes or sue.

Said MPD's documented history of abuse against Black and brown residents means it can't be trusted with Flock, and urged investment in housing, education and jobs instead.

Speaking virtually, thanked MPD's presentation for proving public concerns legitimate, then sharply questioned the police chief's training trip to Israel and urged the commission to resist the surveillance state.

Argued only cancellation satisfies the public, questioned why cameras are in parks, and asked for CCOPS-style public approval requirements, impact reporting, and heavy penalties for misuse.