The Brief Brookfield police pulled over a car after a Flock camera wrongly flagged it for a homicide. Waukesha Police are searching for a suspect who struck a Flock camera with a metal pole. Public controversy grows over Flock cameras, leading Dane County to defund its contract.



Brookfield police pulled someone over after a Flock camera flagged their car for a Milwaukee homicide. It turned out to be a mix-up involving the wrong car and the wrong person.

Flock camera error

What we know:

Take a look at this video from yesterday on I-94 in Waukesha County. You see multiple officers with guns drawn - and a passenger sticking their hands out the window.

Police pulled the car over after a Flock camera flagged it for a Milwaukee homicide.

But when Brookfield Police called Milwaukee Police Department, MPD said they no longer needed the car or the people inside, so officers let them go.

FOX6 News reached out to MPD to learn why that car was still active in the Flock system.

Flock cameras point of contention

Dig deeper:

Flock cameras have become a point of contention in a lot of areas. The cameras use artificial intelligence technology to scan your license plate - and they can keep track of where you drive. This all happens without a warrant. Recently, that controversy has only grown as more reports of misuse by law enforcement across the country arise - and Wisconsin.

Two members of the Milwaukee Police Department have faced separate criminal prosecutions for illegally misusing the department's automated Flock Safety license plate reader system to stalk and track citizens for personal reasons.

Even in Dane County, FOX6 News spoke with the county board chairman about why they voted to remove them.

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What they're saying:

 Had existing contract with flock, flock is a company that supports technology with automotatic license plate readers.. sheriff's office wanted to extned. however we on the coutny board were hearing from other communities around the country where flock was really violating the publi

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