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The City of Green Bay has 42 Flock cameras in operation (source). Recently, neighboring communities have cancelled their Flock contracts over privacy concerns and Flock salespeople telling multiple lies during the sales process.

Flock cameras are currently deployed in many US cities, invading the privacy and surveilling millions of Americans, including residents of Green Bay. Flock's AI-powered cameras collect detailed searchable records of every vehicle’s movements - not just of vehicles whose owners are suspected of criminal wrongdoing. No warrant required. This data can reveal sensitive travel and lifestyle patterns.

It has been proven that data within the Flock system is shared widely beyond the borders of the Green Bay community. The data can be secretly obtained by the Federal government via National Security Letter, which is authorized by the Patriot Act and does not require a judicial warrant or judicial oversight. Our local police departments would be powerless to stop this data access. If a gag order was attached, it would legally prohibit Flock from telling the police department about this data sharing and we’d have no way of discovering it is happening. This is because Flock does not use zero-access end-to-end encryption. Very few guardrails and regulations exist for this new technology.

Since Flock is built to maximize resident travel record data sharing, that puts us at risk. It also creates taxpayer liability in the event of misuse. Recently Menasha and Milwaukee police officers were caught using the Flock system to stalk ex-romantic partners. In the case of the Menasha officer, we know that he was only caught because the stalking victim told police she suspected Flock was used to stalk her. We have no way of knowing how often these abuses occur.

The ALCU and 404 Media have also reported that ICE has been using Flock data in their enforcement operations.

Appleton announced they will be ending their contract with Flock yesterday: https://www.wbay.com/2026/05/06/city-appleton-stop-using-flock-cameras/

Oshkosh ended their contract and disabled their cameras two weeks ago: https://www.nbc26.com/oshkosh/oshkosh-moves-to-cancel-just-approved-flock-camera-contract

Other Wisconsin communities like Sturgeon Bay, Verona, and Dane County have also cancelled their Flock contracts in recent months due to these same issues.

How are residents of Green Bay thinking about and feeling about this issue? Have there been any discussions at the city council about this topic?

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