Flock ALPR surveillance

Milwaukee Turners representative called Milwaukee amid a 'surveillance crisis,' citing other Wisconsin cities ending Flock contracts, hacking risks, federal data sharing, and Fourth Amendment concerns.

Noted FPC cannot cancel contracts (Common Council's role), supported a Flock audit, and urged a community control over police surveillance ordinance to close the governance gap.

ACLU of Wisconsin organizer detailed contract terminations and controversies in other Wisconsin cities and Dunwoody, Georgia, and Flock's plan to make all cameras video-enabled.

Cited research on disproportionate camera placement in Black and brown communities and an officer's misuse of Flock to stalk, calling for a full ban and community input.

Milwaukee Turners mass incarceration coordinator framed surveillance as battlefield tactics against poor and non-white communities and asked the commission to oppose the technology.

Argued Flock harms outweigh benefits, noting the moratorium on facial recognition could be undone by a software update, and observed officers scratching plates off their own cars.

Cited 404 Media reporting on federal and ICE access to Flock data and called for community control over police surveillance and removal of Flock from Milwaukee.