Flock & ALPR Cameras in French Island, Wisconsin
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around French Island — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near French Island in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 21:33 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in French Island
The readers mapped around French Island break down as 3 Flock Safety, 3 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: WisDOT. The first camera here was reported in May 2025; the most recent in Jun 2026.
- I 90 — 4 readers
- Dawson Avenue — 2 readers
French Island in the La Crosse County picture
La Crosse County has 48 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #732 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 120,262 residents and 1,091 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 14.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic. Operators named on the record: WisDOT (3).
What’s watching French Island
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 French Island — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to French Island (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in French Island
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.
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Cameras near French Island
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).