Poll: Wisconsin voters believe Flock cameras are invasion of privacy

"ALPRs allow the government to engage in the dragnet, warrantless collection of likely millions of images of vehicles and plates of people driving to work, church, union meetings, medical appointments, and protests in Milwaukee that are stored by a multibillion dollar company for AI-powered searches and predictive analytics. Wisconsin voters, like many across the country, are increasing against the use of Flock cameras for public safety.

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Wisconsin voters, like many across the country, are increasing against the use of Flock cameras for public safety. A new poll found that 63% of registered voters believe Flock cameras are an unacceptable violation of privacy rights while 37% believe that they are an important tool for police investigations. 16-23, interviewing 843 Wisconsin registered voters, with margin of error of +/-4.3 percentage points.

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"ALPRs enable users to reconstruct individuals' patterns of movement and associations.
This week, the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin and 44 other groups sent a letter to Milwaukee asking it to end its Flock contract and instead adopt a framework such as Community Control Over...
"ALPRs allow the government to engage in the dragnet, warrantless collection of likely millions of images of vehicles and plates of people driving to work, church, union meetings, medical appointments, and...
For likely voters, the sample size is 692 with a margin of error of +/-4.8 percentage points.
"These cases demonstrate why automated license plate readers cannot simply be treated as another piece of police equipment," the letter reads.

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Those polled were told that Flock Safety has 120,000 cameras that allow the company and law enforcement to track the movement of vehicles and then were asked about their beliefs about those cameras in the most recent Marquette Poll.