MARATHON COUNTY TO KEEP FLOCK LICENSE PLATE CAMERAS

The Marathon County Sheriff’s Office plans to keep its network of Flock automated license-plate cameras, despite questions being raised about how the system is monitored. Sheriff Chad Billeb says the county’s 10 cameras remain a valuable public-safety tool and have helped with numerous investigations. More than 23,000 searches have been conducted through the system. But a review of the Sheriff’s Office policy shows that language governing audits was changed in 2023. The policy now says command staff “may” conduct audits of camera searches, rather than requiring them on a regular…

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