Flock & ALPR Cameras in Marathon County, Wisconsin
Volunteers have reported 40 automated license plate readers across Marathon County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Marathon County in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 23:24 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
How Marathon County compares nationally
Marathon County ranks #1,169 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 138,067 residents and 2,098 miles of county roads — 2.535 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Marathon County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Marathon County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Marathon
- Is Flock selling your data? What the contracts say, why Wisconsin agencies are leaving, and where Marathon County and Wausau stand
- Marathon County sheriff will keep Flock cameras as more than a dozen Wisconsin agencies drop them
- Flock pullout reaches central Wisconsin as Stevens Point covers its cameras. Wausau and Marathon County still silent.
- Will Wausau and Marathon County drop Flock? One could leave for $4,000. The other says it can't.
What you can do in Marathon
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.