Flock & ALPR Cameras in Polk County, Wisconsin
Volunteers have reported 20 automated license plate readers across Polk County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 9 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Polk County compares nationally
Polk County ranks #1,058 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 45,327 residents and 1,849 miles of county roads — 2.868 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Polk 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 Polk County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Polk
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.