Flock & ALPR cameras in Wisconsin
Public map data records 2,296 ALPR cameras inside Wisconsin's borders as of 3 September 2026, run by 322 different operators. Around Milwaukee the map records 590, the most of any WI metro. See every camera, which way it faces and its approximate capture zone — free, no account.
Counted strictly inside the state boundary rather than by metro bounding box, Wisconsin has 2,296 mapped readers. The largest operator, Milwaukee Police Department, accounts for 3%; Green Bay Police Department is next with 47. 372 of the 2,296 cameras carry no operator at all, so the operator shares above are shares of the attributed cameras.
Open the live camera mapWhich Wisconsin cities have Flock cameras?
How the 2,296 in-state cameras cluster: counts around each major WI city as of 3 September 2026.
Milwaukee has a full page with operator, vendor and direction breakdowns; the other metros are covered by the live map. Each metro count is a box drawn around the city centre, which is why two nearby cities can share cameras and why these rows don't sum to the state figure. Quote the in-state total at the top of the page for the state as a whole.
The largest ALPR operators in Wisconsin
The lead agency runs 3%; here is the rest of the top eight.
Milwaukee Police Department
58 cameras
Green Bay Police Department
47 cameras
Appleton Police Department
45 cameras
Outagamie County Sheriff's Office
35 cameras
Dane County Sheriff's Office
34 cameras
Kenosha Police Department
33 cameras
Racine Police Department
33 cameras
Manitowoc Police Department
30 cameras
Read the operator column two ways. By size, Milwaukee Police Department dominates with 58 cameras (3% of the state). By count, the other 321 operators run the remaining 97% between them, and 2 of the top eight are county sheriffs rather than city forces.
Attribution is inferred from jurisdiction for 1,542 cameras and recorded directly for the rest. Counts are a floor: cameras appear on the map as people map them.
It isn't all Flock in Wisconsin
Vendor breakdown and direction coverage for the state's mapped cameras.
Flock Safety
1,767 cameras
Motorola Solutions
42 cameras
Leonardo
33 cameras
Genetec
25 cameras
Axon Enterprise
17 cameras
1,767 of 1,898 vendor-recorded cameras in Wisconsin are Flock Safety. Motorola Solutions is the main non-Flock vendor with 42. Unrecorded vendor: 398.
Facing direction is recorded for 2,159 cameras in Wisconsin (94%). Where the mount is tagged it is usually pole — the full breakdown is pole (1,023), street lamp (36), wall (6), post (6).
Documented ALPR programs in Wisconsin
Public records compiled in the Atlas of Surveillance list 124 Wisconsin agencies using ALPR. Our map, built from OpenStreetMap and community reports, records 322 operators. Some agencies are documented but not yet mapped; some cameras are mapped without a records trail.
Stevens Point Police Department — Portage County
The Stevens Point Police Department uses automated license plate readers.
Lake Mills Police Department — Jefferson County
The Lake Mills Police Department scanned 130,923 license plates in 2019 using Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers. Vendor: Vigilant Solutions.
Croix County Sheriff's Office — Croix County
The Croix County Sheriff's Office scanned 48,177 license plates in 2018 using Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers. Vendor: Vigilant Solutions.
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Parking Services — La Crosse County
The University of Wisconsin LaCross Parking Services office uses automated license plate readers for parking enforcement.
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Police Department — Brown County
The University of Wisconsin, Green Bay Police Department has used mobile automated license plate readers since 2015.
Beloit Police Department — Rock County
The Beloit Police Department acquired 2 automated license plate readers in 2015.
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Atlas of Surveillance. Summaries are the Atlas's own wording, trimmed to a complete sentence.
Wisconsin ALPR questions
How many Flock cameras are there in Wisconsin?
As of 3 September 2026 the map records 2,296 ALPR cameras in Wisconsin, of which 1,767 carry a Flock Safety tag. The number only ever goes up as more are mapped; it is not a complete inventory.
Which cities in Wisconsin have Flock cameras?
The largest clusters are around Milwaukee (590), Kenosha (499), Appleton (239), Green Bay (147), Madison (136). Smaller WI towns appear on the live map too — these are simply the biggest metro areas.
Who operates ALPR cameras in Wisconsin?
Mostly municipal police and county sheriffs — 322 separate operators, led by Milwaukee Police Department (58). Private operators account for 35 of the cameras that carry an operator type.
Are all the plate readers in Wisconsin made by Flock?
No. Flock Safety is tagged on 1,767 of 1,898 vendor-recorded cameras (93%); Motorola Solutions accounts for 42, and 398 cameras have no vendor recorded at all. 'Flock camera' is the common name, but the map covers every ALPR it can find.
Can I avoid Flock cameras when driving in Wisconsin?
BanditKin's navigation offers opt-in, field-of-view-aware camera avoidance with a strength slider, using the 2,159 Wisconsin cameras that have a recorded facing direction. If no camera-free route exists it says so and falls back to the normal route. Preferring not to be logged by a commercial surveillance network is a privacy preference — the app uses public camera-location data.