Where we're fighting
These cameras are already up across the Northwoods, in small towns people assume are too small to bother with. Pick your area to see what's there and how to fight it where you live.
Ashland / Bayfield County, WI
8cameras county-wide
100,721vehicles in 30 days
this fallrenewal decision
Eight Flock cameras county-wide, one confirmed on US-63 in Cable. Plates kept 30 days. 100,721 vehicles logged in one 30-day period. Data shared with about 250 agencies in five states, including Wisconsin.
The Bayfield County Board (13 districts) and the Sheriff. The contract renews on its own unless the county says no in writing. That decision lands this fall, and we're pinning down the exact deadline now.
On May 27, 2026, Ashland's police chief notified Flock the city would not renew its one-year contract and asked that the cameras be removed. He told the City Council the same day. The department that actually used the cameras found them unreliable. Proof these contracts can end, right here at home.
One regional group covers all these fights right now.
Hayward / Sawyer County, WI
nonepublic transparency portal
nonepublished use policy
The Sawyer County Sheriff runs cameras in the Hayward area. We can find no published use policy and no public transparency portal.
No public transparency portal. Flock gives every agency a public page that shows camera count, retention, and who the data is shared with. Bayfield publishes one. Sawyer hasn't turned it on. Ask why, and demand they publish it.
Sawyer County and Hayward PD.
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Superior / Douglas County, WI
19camera units
9locations
free trialno contract, no vote
A Flock network runs around Superior: 19 camera units at nine locations in the county's own records. It's a free trial, no signed contract and no money paid, and the county is seeking grant money to make it permanent. No written use policy and no public transparency portal. The county's own sharing list sends plate data to police in Texas, Minnesota, Michigan, tribal agencies, and across Wisconsin. No public body voted on any of it.
Easiest to stop before it's paid for. A free trial with no contract and no vote is the simplest kind to end, if people speak up before the county locks in grant money to keep it.
Douglas County and the City of Superior.
One regional group covers all these fights right now.
Don't see your town? Check the DeFlock map to find cameras near you, then reach out and we'll help you start a local page.