Flock & ALPR Cameras in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Volunteers have reported 37 automated license plate readers in and around Milwaukee — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 1, 2026 On the agenda: Milwaukee County Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors — license plate reader (Oct 1)
- Sep 29, 2026 On the agenda: Milwaukee County Committee on Parks and Culture — ALPR (Sep 29)
- Sep 17, 2026 Milwaukee — Fire and Police Commission meeting on ALPR cameras
- Sep 17, 2026 On the agenda: Milwaukee FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSION — automated license plate (Sep 17)
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- Sep 28 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Sep 28 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Sep 28 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- 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 Milwaukee
The readers mapped around Milwaukee break down as 21 Flock Safety, 2 Rekor, 1 Genetec. The first camera here was reported in May 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- North Water Street — 3 readers
- North Lincoln Memorial Drive — 3 readers
- South 7th Street — 3 readers
- North Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Drive — 2 readers
- West Wisconsin Avenue — 2 readers
- South Cesar E Chavez Drive — 1 reader
- West National Avenue — 1 reader
- East North Avenue — 1 reader
- Milwaukee — 1 reader
- East Lagoon Drive — 1 reader
- East Clybourn Street — 1 reader
- East Brady Street — 1 reader
+ 5 more streets and roads mapped around Milwaukee — all on the live map above.
Milwaukee WI PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Milwaukee WI PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 62 other agencies.
Milwaukee in the Milwaukee County picture
Milwaukee County has 243 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,138 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 12 traffic.
Camera activity around Milwaukee, last 30 days
6 newly reported in our hourly change log for Milwaukee. Latest change logged Sep 9, 2026.
What’s watching Milwaukee
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 Milwaukee — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Milwaukee (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Milwaukee
- Milwaukee Police Department to renew contract with Flock
- Milwaukee leaders propose more oversight of Flock license plate cameras
- Milwaukee Police Chief addresses concerns over use of Flock cameras
- Milwaukee residents speak out against Flock cameras in city budget hearing
What you can do in Milwaukee
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 Milwaukee
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).