Flock Cameras Suspended in Wisconsin County, Data Concerns Cited
A law enforcement agency in Wisconsin is choosing to suspend its Flock cameras, citing data concerns.
In a statement, Sheriff Travis Maze of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office stated, “This week, I was made aware that our data was released without our permission. When we expanded our system in 2025 I was told, by Flock specifically, that our data would not be released without our permission. That is not the case. Cases that we were investigating in 2025 have been made public without our consent.”
Due to these concerns, the agency has chosen to suspend the use of the cameras, declaring the trust of the public is more valuable than any insights the technology could provide law enforcement. Maze asserts there has been no evidence of misuse of the cameras by the Jefferson Country Sherriff staff.
“This suspension is based purely on them telling us one thing about how our data would be accessed, and then having the exact opposite happen,” he says.
At this time, the agency is waiting on Flock to inform them of the reason behind this discrepancy.
The Jefferson County Sheriff's office is not the first entity in Wisconsin to express concerns over the privacy of the cameras, with the municipalities of Appleton, Grand Chute, Oshkosh, Kaukauna, Sheboygan, and Menasha preceding it. Some municipalities are still in the process of removing of the cameras.
“I feel that we were lied to,” Maze states.
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