Wisconsin agencies that have dropped Flock
More than 40 have ended, suspended, or refused to renew since November 2025, most of them in September 2026. Police chiefs and sheriffs led many of the departures.
| When | Who | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | Verona | The council voted not to renew after an audit showed 974 federal searches in one month. Flock delayed removing the cameras, so the city bagged them. |
| Apr 2026 | Dane County; Oshkosh | The county board voted 32 to 1 to strip the sheriff’s camera funding. Oshkosh approved a renewal, then rescinded it unanimously a day later when a Flock representative’s assurance proved untrue. |
| May 2026 | Appleton; Fitchburg | Appleton’s mayor ended the city’s contract, saying that “concerns about the integrity of Flock’s underlying system have eroded our trust.” |
| Sep 2–5 | Kenosha; Racine County Sheriff; Fond du Lac and Winnebago County Sheriffs | Racine County’s sheriff removed his cameras. Fond du Lac and Winnebago agencies suspended after their search logs were released by agencies in other states. |
| Sep 8–9 | Sheboygan; Stevens Point; Menasha | Sheboygan’s vote to terminate was unanimous. Stevens Point had 7-day retention and monthly audits and covered its cameras anyway. Mayor Mike Wiza: “We really have no way of auditing where the Flock data goes once it’s collected.” |
| Sep 14–17 | De Pere; City of Racine; Oconomowoc; Waukesha; Neenah; Marinette; Clark County Sheriff | Early terminations and decisions not to fund. Neenah’s vote was unanimous and Marinette’s was 9 to 0. |
| Sep 21–25 | Cottage Grove; Manitowoc | Cottage Grove deactivated its cameras and ordered an ordinance barring plate readers of any brand. Manitowoc isn’t renewing. |
The opposition comes from both parties. Rep. Calvin Callahan, a Republican from Tomahawk, said in September that if these cameras cannot operate with warrants, judicial oversight, and strict limits on retention, “then they have no business operating in Wisconsin.” Attorney General Josh Kaul said, “I also don’t want to live in a world where we have a surveillance state.” The ACLU of Wisconsin and the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty are both challenging the cameras.
The Marathon County Sheriff runs 10 more Flock cameras that Wausau drivers pass daily. That program is the sheriff’s to decide. It still shares nationwide, and the county could leave for about $4,000, so we’re also asking the council to request that the county follow.