Flock & ALPR Cameras in West Bend, Wisconsin
Volunteers have reported 13 automated license plate readers in and around West Bend — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near West Bend in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 9, 03:13 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in West Bend
The readers mapped around West Bend break down as 13 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: West Bend, froedtert. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2024; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- West Paradise Drive — 5 readers
- West Washington Street — 4 readers
- South 18th Avenue — 1 reader
- State Highway 33 — 1 reader
- South 7th Avenue — 1 reader
- Vogt Drive — 1 reader
West Bend WI PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, West Bend WI PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 82 other agencies.
West Bend in the Washington County picture
Washington County has 42 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,006 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 137,320 residents and 1,107 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 16.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 13 traffic. Operators named on the record: West Bend (5), froedtert (1).
What’s watching West Bend
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 West Bend — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to West Bend (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in West Bend
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 West Bend
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).