Wisconsin's Evers, municipalities looking for Flock privacy solutions

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Tony Evers said Tuesday the state is looking into banning Flock cameras as communities throughout the state question if they should continue to use the cameras. "Whether that is the answer, all's I know is we have to have an answer," Evers told reporters. The license-plate-reading camera company is facing pressure across the country over privacy concerns with the technology and abuse of its database by law enforcement.

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• "I was talking to the governor in Minnesota just yesterday." Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson and the Milwaukee Police Department announce new restrictions on its use of Flock this week, including limiting...
• "I don't know what the solution is, but I think there's people all across our country that are talking about it," Evers said.
• The department also will limit their use to a category of crimes including homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assaults (to include non-fatal shootings), burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson and...
• "I recognize the benefits of the Flock cameras system," Johnson said in a statement.
• "On multiple occasions this tool has located critical missing persons and helped apprehend violent criminals in Milwaukee.

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The technology has also been misused in several notable instances, both locally and nationally, compromising the rights of individuals." Cities like Sheboygan have pushed back against Flock, with the city covering up all 15 of its cameras and looking to vote to end its contract with the company. Liberty, meanwhile, is <a href="https://x.com/DanLe...