Flock surveillance

Said Flock is now associated with ICE and deportation fears, and urged the commission to end its use and release body cam footage immediately.

Speaking for the League of Women Voters, she called on the FPC to recommend the Common Council not renew the Flock contract, citing privacy, protest surveillance and unfixable risks.

Executive director of Milwaukee Turners said the FPC audit revealed MPD couldn't answer about 30 questions on ALPR controls, and asked pointedly what the commission will actually do about warrantless mass surveillance.

Milwaukee Turners mass incarceration coordinator asked the council to redirect surveillance funding to housing and community needs.

A Socialist Alternative member argued Flock data was used against anti-ICE activists in Minneapolis and urged slashing the police budget for social housing.

Cited three 2026 criminal cases of officers misusing Flock databases and an Oklahoma federal ruling, asking whether Milwaukee officers will respect the Fourth Amendment.

Vice president of BLM Grassroots Milwaukee and representative of Alvin Cole's family said her family has been surveilled since 2020 and demanded Flock's end.

Milwaukee Turners director asked the city to end funding for warrantless mass surveillance, citing MPD's budget share and misuse scandals.

Delivered a satirical speech as Sauron from Lord of the Rings to mock continued funding of Flock license plate readers.

Urged removal of Flock and mass surveillance cameras from the city budget, citing Orwell's 1984.

A Menomonee Falls resident described a seven-month open records request for Chief Norman's Israel trip still unfulfilled, and said being tracked on her daily drives violates her Fourth Amendment rights.

Called the meeting political theater given Act 12 limits on FPC power, questioned the chief's Israel training and secret facial recognition use, and called for the police chief's resignation.

Invoked George Orwell's 1984, calling the current surveillance infrastructure 'Big Brother' and fascism, urging removal of Flock and all mass surveillance systems.

Board president of Voces de la Frontera asked the commission not to renew the Flock grant, citing the June-July ICE surge, family separations, and fears MPD data will be exploited for racist policies.

Called for banning all automatic license plate reader software, not just Flock, saying the new supervisor-only access limits feel like a token concession.

Milwaukee Turners representative detailed how MPD has used purchasing-division waivers to bypass council review and repeatedly renew Flock contracts, and asked the FPC to require advance public notification of such waiver applications.

ACLU of Wisconsin policy director catalogued MPD's full surveillance stack — stingrays, FUSIS, drones, facial recognition — and urged cancellation of the Flock contract and transparency in all surveillance procurement.

A Waukesha County Navy veteran described being searched on Flock hundreds of times after lawfully recording a traffic stop, presenting his lawsuit documents and Flock search records.

A history professor who said AI, Flock, and policing form a dystopian trifecta threatening constitutional liberties, urging the commission to intervene.

Gave an extended philosophical and constitutional argument against ALPR surveillance, urging the commission to cancel the contract, evaluate all ALPR technology, and require independent oversight and community participation.

Cited revelations that Flock cameras surveilled No Kings protests and bike rides, quoted Chief Norman's 'listening' statement skeptically, and demanded contract cancellation plus a town hall dialogue in Milwaukee's communities.

Milwaukee Turners coordinator argued regulation won't work given documented officer misuse, questioned federal data-sharing through fusion centers, and asked the commission to work with the mayor and council to end the contract.

ACLU worker living in the 4th aldermanic district catalogued seven instances of Flock misuse in Wisconsin, including the Amber Newell gunpoint stop, and urged adoption of CCOPS community control framework.

Third district neighborhood leader urged strict data retention limits, sharing prohibitions, and usage restrictions if the contract isn't canceled outright.

Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance representative warned Flock poses heightened risks to Muslim and immigrant communities amid rising anti-Muslim rhetoric.

Argued surveillance isn't protection, cited prior officer misuse, and said the only change is that supervisors now violate privacy instead of any cop.

A lifelong resident gave a passionate taxpayer-accountability speech, saying the city used public money for cameras residents don't want while budgets strain families.

A chemist and MSOE alumnus making his first-ever town hall appearance, demanding cancellation of the Flock contract and banning replacement contracts with any ALPR provider.

Said surveillance has been proven not to work, conceded his remaining time to other speakers.

Noted the community has said the same things for months and been ignored, and argued banning Flock is not partisan — from Madison to DeSantis's Florida.

A retired MPS teacher shared a mixed personal history with MPD — one officer saved her life in a domestic violence situation; another's department broke a settlement promise — concluding she lacks trust in the department to run cameras safely.

Emphasized the I-94 incident where a woman was held at gunpoint due to a stale Flock alert MPD failed to remove, calling for a total ban on ALPRs.

An engineer and grad student who warned Flock's terms give it a perpetual license to use collected data and may sell it, saying 'I don't want to live in a surveillance state.'

Called the mayor's resolution a band-aid on a gushing bullet wound, warned Flock's next product is drones, asked who pays for lawsuits and camera vandalism, and closed with the Benjamin Franklin liberty quote.

Spoke for the League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County, opposing the technology as contrary to democratic rights and urging the contract be stopped.

Third district resident who briefly stated his opposition to Flock.

Argued there's no halfway position between authoritarian surveillance and a free country, rejecting the mayor's proposed limits as 'limited fascism.'

An out-of-state student from Wichita, Kansas who said his hometown gives him no chance to oppose this, urging a complete ban on Flock, license plate readers, and gunshot detectors.

Speaking virtually, she challenged the commission on its oversight, accountability, and trust mission, demanding answers about the police chief's training in Israel and criticizing Flock safeguards as theater.

Third district resident who questioned why Washington Park and UWM are blanketed with Flock cameras, noting those are protest locations.

Reported obtaining a list of MPD officers with Flock access — far more than expected — including three officers then on the Brady list, and criticized the probation and fine given to officer Ayala.

ACLU of Wisconsin policy director cited recent Flock misuse cases — including an MPD detective's alleged misuse and LAPD ending its contract — and questioned MPD's Fuse system, its 1,225 integrated private cameras, and the absence of an SOP or audit process.