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Rock

Program documented, current use unconfirmed · 3 agencies documented

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Beloit Police Department

Status
Program documented, current use unconfirmed
Vendors
Vendor not named in source
Cameras
3
Three LPRs at the time of the Beloit Daily News report (undated on page; article ID and a related radio report indicate July 2022).
  1. July 2022 Greater Beloit Area Crime Stoppers donated $20,000 for citywide cameras with license plate readers; city said goal was readers in all squads (Beloit Daily News). (Beloit Daily News, date not shown)
Conflicts and open questions
  • An older undated BDN article reported two squads equipped at $40,000 from the confiscated property fund. No current source opened. Event month (July 2022) derived from the article ID's embedded timestamp (2022-07-11); the page shows no date.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Janesville Police Department

Status
Program documented, current use unconfirmed
Vendors
Vendor not named in source
Cameras
Count not documented
Not known.
  1. July 2022 Chief David Moore said the department was receiving its first squad-mounted plate reader, with a second on order and fixed readers expected later that year (Beloit Daily News). (Beloit Daily News, date not shown)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Event month (July 2022) derived from the Beloit Daily News article ID timestamp (2022-07-11); the page shows no date.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Rock County Sheriff's Office

Status
Program documented, current use unconfirmed
Vendors
Vendor not named in source
Cameras
Count not documented
Squad-mounted plate readers; count not given (WKOW 2022). Older Beloit Daily News piece (undated) said one equipped car.
  1. April 2022 A sheriff's official said the office uses cruiser-mounted plate readers but had not expanded due to 'prohibitive' cost (WKOW). (WKOW 27, April 25, 2022; Beloit Daily News, date not shown)
Conflicts and open questions
  • No current (2025-26) source found.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

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)