Flock & ALPR Cameras in Menasha, Wisconsin
Volunteers have reported 12 automated license plate readers in and around Menasha — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Paused
Menasha is on the record here. Menasha Common Council voted 7-1 on September 8, 2026 to stop funding Flock in the next budget and give 30-day notice for camera removal. Bags are already on the cameras. FOX 11 and WBAY reported a full terminate vote is expected later in September. Distinct from the earlier Menasha officer Flock-misuse conviction.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 12 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Menasha, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 6 of them sit inside Menasha itself.
The rest sit in Fox Crossing (6).
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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- Sep 17 License plate reader newly reported
- Sep 17 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Menasha
The readers mapped around Menasha break down as 7 Flock Safety, 2 Leonardo, 1 Motorola Solutions. The first camera here was reported in Feb 2025; the most recent in Aug 2025.
- Menasha — 2 readers
- Racine Road — 1 reader
- 9th Street — 1 reader
- 3rd Street — 1 reader
- Racine Street — 1 reader
- Washington Street — 1 reader
- County Road CB — 1 reader
- I 41;US 41 — 1 reader
- Plank Road — 1 reader
Menasha WI PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Menasha WI PD runs 8 cameras of its own, has logged 59 plate-database searches, has captured 140,330 vehicle records. Its network connects to 1,409 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Abbotsford WI PD, Acworth GA PD, Adams County IL SO, Adams County IN SO, Adams County WI SO, Adams WI PD, Addison IL PD, Adrian MI PD.
Menasha in the Winnebago County picture
Winnebago County has 81 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #581 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 171,357 residents and 1,121 road miles. By road density that is 0.07 cameras per road mile, in the top 7.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 9 traffic.
Camera activity around Menasha, last 30 days
6 removed in our hourly change log for Menasha. Latest change logged Aug 28, 2026.
What’s watching Menasha
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 Menasha — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Menasha (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Menasha
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Menasha, WI
- Menasha votes to terminate Flock contract, Neenah working toward termination too
- Neenah , Menasha , Waupaca County move to cut ties with Flock cameras
- Menasha Common Council votes in favor of terminating contract with Flock Safety
What you can do in Menasha
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 Menasha
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).