Green Bay keeps flock cameras with updated policy; De Pere to end contract
The short version: Green Bay doubles down on Flock ALPRs with a 'policy update' while neighboring De Pere walks away entirely — a split that shows this tech is a choice, not a necessity.
Our Take
WBAY's report out of Brown County, Wisconsin is a tidy little case study in how two neighboring governments can look at the exact same surveillance technology and reach opposite conclusions. Green Bay is sticking with its Flock Safety camera network and slapping on an "updated policy" — the standard move when a city wants to keep the cameras running but needs to quiet public pushback. De Pere, meanwhile, is just ending its contract. Same vendor, same tech, same basic promise of "solving crime," and one town decided it wasn't worth it.
That contrast matters. Flock and its boosters love to frame ALPR adoption as inevitable, as if once a department signs up there's no going back. De Pere just proved that's false. A city council can look at the cost, the privacy tradeoffs, and the thin evidence that these cameras actually reduce crime, and simply say no. Meanwhile Green Bay's "updated policy" is worth watching closely — policy language on paper is not the same as enforcement, audit trails, or real accountability for who gets access to your travel history and for how long it's kept.
Credit to WBAY-TV for putting these two decisions side by side instead of covering Green Bay's renewal in a vacuum. If you're in Brown County or anywhere else wondering whether your town has quietly signed up for this kind of tracking, check our map to see what's already been deployed near you, and use our take-action resources if you want to push your own council toward De Pere's example instead of Green Bay's.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of WBAY TV-2 | Green Bay, WI, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.