Flock & ALPR Cameras in Chetek, Wisconsin
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Chetek — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 4 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Chetek, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 2 of them sit inside Chetek itself.
The rest sit in Town of Dovre (1), Town of Sumner (1).
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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- Sep 20 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Chetek
The readers mapped around Chetek break down as 3 Flock Safety, 1 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: Barron Co Sheriff. The first camera here was reported in Aug 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- County Highway SS — 2 readers
- US 53 — 1 reader
- 14th Avenue — 1 reader
Chetek WI PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Chetek WI PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 16 other agencies.
Chetek in the Barron County picture
Barron County has 28 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #375 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 17.5% nationally. That’s across 46,741 residents and 2,030 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 36.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic. Operators named on the record: Barron Co Sheriff (1).
What’s watching Chetek
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Chetek — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Chetek (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Chetek
- Chetek police install Flock cameras without mayor’s knowledge
- Safety asset or “Big Brother”? Flock Cameras Active on Chetek Streets
What you can do in Chetek
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Chetek
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).