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Racine

Ended or removed · 3 agencies documented

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Caledonia Police Department

Status
Ended or removed
Vendors
Flock Safety
  1. Oct. 2026 The Caledonia Village Board unanimously cut funding for its Flock cameras and moved to end the contract. Chief Christopher Botsch said the cameras would come down when the contract runs out at the end of 2026 and that the village would explore other technology. (Spectrum News 1, Oct. 7, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • The vote was on a 'Tuesday' before the Oct. 7, 2026 article (likely Oct. 6), so only YYYY-MM is used. No camera count stated. Shutdown is not yet confirmed: cameras may run until the contract ends at the end of 2026.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Racine County Sheriff's Office

Status
Ended or removed
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
Count not documented
No count stated in sources.
  1. Sept. 4, 2026 Sheriff Christopher Schmaling ordered all of the office's Flock cameras taken down at once; the office said it would look at plate readers from other companies. (TMJ4, Sept. 4, 2026; CBS 58, Sept. 4, 2026)
  2. Oct. 2026 Spectrum News reported the office was searching for a different license plate reader program; Lt. Michael Luell said the office did not want Flock using its data. (Spectrum News 1, Oct. 7, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Contract start, cost and camera count not found.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Racine Police Department

Status
Ended or removed
Vendors
Flock Safety, Federal Signal
Cameras
Count not documented
No camera count found in records or citable reports.
Contract
Flock Safety: period not stated · approved by Racine Common Council, 2022-07-19 · Contract #2022065 for Flock Falcon (plate-reader) cameras; Finance and Personnel Committee recommended approval 2022-07-11. A companion agreement the same night (Contract #2022080) was for Flock Raven, which is a gunshot-detection product, not a plate reader. (City of Racine (Legistar), July 19, 2022; City of Racine (Legistar), July 19, 2022)
  1. April 18, 2011 Common Council authorized waiving formal bidding so the city could negotiate with Federal Signal to buy ALPR equipment and software for the police department. (City of Racine (Legistar), April 18, 2011)
  2. May 21, 2013 Council approved another sole-source purchase of ALPR equipment and software from Federal Signal for the police department. (City of Racine (Legistar), May 21, 2013)
  3. July 19, 2022 Common Council approved Police Department agreements with Flock Group Inc., including Flock Falcon cameras (Contract #2022065). (City of Racine (Legistar), July 19, 2022)
  4. April 2026 A proposed three-year, $24,600 Flock contract to add cameras and two plate readers on Byrd Avenue went to the Finance and Personnel Committee; Legistar lists the item's status as 'Rescind'. (City of Racine (Legistar), April 17, 2026)
  5. Sept. 8, 2026 Finance and Personnel Committee rejected two motions (2-3 each; Jorgensen and Hodges yes, Land, Horton and Maack no) to terminate the Flock contract immediately, then voted 3-2 (Land, Horton, Maack yes; Jorgensen, Hodges no) to recommend keeping it through Dec. 31, 2026. (City of Racine (Legistar), Sept. 15, 2026; City of Racine (Legistar), Sept. 8, 2026)
  6. Sept. 15, 2026 Common Council first rejected, 6-8, a motion to terminate Flock within a 30-day grace period. It then passed an amendment to bag the cameras within 30 days while letting police use data for ongoing investigations: the council tied 7-7 and Mayor Cory Mason voted yes to break the tie (Yes: Frazier, Turquoise-Davis, Jorgensen, Hodges, Allen, Harmon, Pabon, Mason; No: Weiss, Maack, Weidner, Horton, Peete, DeMark, Kelly; Land excused). The amended resolution then passed 8-6. (City of Racine (Legistar), Sept. 15, 2026; City of Racine (Legistar), Sept. 15, 2026)
  7. Oct. 2026 Spectrum News reported Racine police had removed their Flock cameras about a month before Caledonia's early-October vote. (Spectrum News 1, Oct. 7, 2026)
  8. Oct. 19, 2026 Committee of the Whole approved a 2027 capital budget amendment allocating $130,000 for a new license plate reader system for the police department (moving $80,000 from sound-detection equipment plus $50,000 in asset forfeiture funds). The vendor was not named. (City of Racine (Legistar), Oct. 19, 2026; City of Racine (Legistar), Oct. 16, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Before the vote, Chief Alexander Ramirez called Flock critical to investigations and asked for transition time (TMJ4, 2026-09-09). The $130,000 LPR line is a budget proposal for a replacement with no vendor yet; the full 2027 budget vote is not confirmed here. The 2011/2013 Federal Signal ALPR purchases are historical.

From agency records.

Statewide

  1. Aug. 2023 FOX6 reported that the Wisconsin Department of Justice said it does not keep track of Flock cameras, and that Wisconsin had no law setting retention periods for plate-reader data. (FOX6 News Milwaukee, Aug. 2, 2023)
  2. 2025 Lobbying registrations on AB 300 with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission: the ACLU of Wisconsin registered against (6/8/2025); the Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association (6/10/2025), the League of Wisconsin Municipalities (6/23/2025) and Flock Group Inc. (7/25/2025) registered in favor; the Wisconsin Grocers Association registered 'other' (6/19/2025). (Wisconsin Ethics Commission (lobbying.wi.gov), date not shown)
  3. 2025 The Wisconsin Examiner, citing OpenSecrets, reported that Flock spent $102,000 on lobbying in Wisconsin in 2025, and that AB 300 and SB 299 did not pass. (Wisconsin Examiner (republished by Urban Milwaukee), Aug. 28, 2026)
  4. May 30, 2025 Senate Bill 299, by Sens. James and Wanggaard, was introduced to create a state grant program (new s. 165.985) for buying automated registration plate reader systems; it was referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, and the Legislature's page shows no later action. (Wisconsin State Legislature, date not shown)
  5. June 6, 2025 Assembly Bill 300, the companion grant-program bill by Rep. Novak and 13 other representatives, was introduced and referred to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety; the Legislature's page shows no later action. (Wisconsin State Legislature, date not shown)
  6. Aug. 6, 2025 A Wisconsin Examiner analysis of Flock network audit data found that at least 221 Wisconsin law enforcement agencies used Flock from Jan. 1 to May 31, 2025. (Wisconsin Examiner, Aug. 6, 2025)
  7. Sept. 2026 Attorney General Josh Kaul, speaking at a Rotary Club event, called on the Legislature to pass a state law governing how plate readers may be used, including a general bar on selling ALPR data to private companies. (CBS 58 says Tuesday; its story is dated Sept. 8, 2026.) (CBS 58 (WDJT), Sept. 8, 2026)
  8. Sept. 2026 State Rep. Calvin Callahan, chair of the Assembly Committee on Consumer Protection, said government use of Flock cameras should be prohibited unless it comes with warrants, judicial oversight and strict retention limits, and said he would hold a committee hearing on surveillance cameras when the Legislature returns in January. No bill number was cited. (WSAW says the statement came on a Tuesday; the story is dated Sept. 15, 2026.) (WSAW NewsChannel 7, Sept. 15, 2026)
  9. Sept. 2026 Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany said that if elected he would pause state funding for Flock and create a privacy task force; Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, a Democratic candidate for governor, directed county departments to limit Flock use. (Wisconsin Public Radio, Sept. 2, 2026)