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Calvin Callahan Demands Flock Hearing
There’s now a call for a statehouse hearing on Flock cameras in Wisconsin.
State Representative Calvin Callahan, R- Tomahawk, on Tuesday issued a "demand" for a formal hearing.
“What was sold to us as a targeted public safety tool has rapidly evolved into something far more invasive and sometimes out of control, with reports of misuse, mistaken stops, and access to data that should concern every Wisconsinite," Callahan said in a statement.
Callahan heads the Assembly's Committee on Consumer Protection. He said on Tuesday that he wants a ban on Flock cameras in Wisconsin.
“The government does not need to know where you’re going, when you’re going there, or how often you go,” Callahan said. “You should not have to surrender your privacy simply because you got behind the wheel of your car.”
There is no ban on Flock in Wisconsin, but a number of communities are moving away from them.
This month alone Sheboygan, Stevens Point, Winnebago County, and Fond du Lac County all voted to end their contracts with Flock, or covered the cameras up.
Many of those communities have said that Flock was not honest about what data it was sharing, and there have been several reported cases of miss-use.
At the bare minimum, Callahan said he wants several answers.
“Come January, I intend to use my power as Chairman of the Consumer Protection Committee to start asking some serious questions about Flock cameras in Wisconsin,” Callahan said. “Who has access to this information? Where does it go? How long is it kept? Who is it shared with? And most importantly, why should government have the power to track law-abiding citizens who are suspected of absolutely nothing?”
Both candidates for governor have said they have questions and concerns about Flock cameras in Wisconsin, but neither Tom Tiffany or David Crowley have called for a formal ban.
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