Flock & ALPR Cameras in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around Oshkosh — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Contract Canceled
Oshkosh is on the record here. The Oshkosh Common Council rescinded its approval of the Flock camera contract unanimously just one day after it was initially approved. "Oshkosh Police Chief Dean Smith said Flock lied about the cameras not collecting heat maps of travelers."
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 6 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Oshkosh, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 3 of them sit inside Oshkosh itself.
The rest sit in Town of Oshkosh (2), Town of Vinland (1).
4 of them name an operator in the record: Lowe's (2), Oshkosh (2). The operator is who runs the camera, which is not always the local government.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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- Sep 17 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Oshkosh
The readers mapped around Oshkosh break down as 5 Flock Safety, 1 Motorola Solutions. Named operators in the reports: Oshkosh, Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Feb 2025; the most recent in Jun 2025.
- North Washburn Street — 2 readers
- Jackson Street — 1 reader
- Oshkosh Riverwalk — 1 reader
- Green Valley Road — 1 reader
- State Highway 76 — 1 reader
Oshkosh WI PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Oshkosh WI PD has logged 267 plate-database searches, has captured 274,794 vehicle records. Its network connects to 529 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Abbotsford WI PD, Adams County WI SO, Addison IL PD, Adrian MI PD, Albion MI DPS, Allegan County SO MI, Allen Park MI PD, Altoona WI PD.
Oshkosh 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 5 traffic. Operators named on the record: Oshkosh (2), Lowe's (2).
Camera activity around Oshkosh, last 30 days
1 newly reported, 29 removed in our hourly change log for Oshkosh. Latest change logged Aug 29, 2026.
What’s watching Oshkosh
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 Oshkosh — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Oshkosh (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Oshkosh
- UW-Oshkosh, WI: Paused
- 25 license plate readers reported removed near Oshkosh, WI
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Oshkosh, WI
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Oshkosh, WI
What you can do in Oshkosh
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 Oshkosh
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).