Publisher: Channel 3000 / WISC-TV (Kyle Jones)
Date Published: July 3, 2026
Relevant To: University police department Flock non-renewal; Dane County WI regional pullback pattern
Verification Status: Verified
Notes: Confirmed via full-text fetch. UW-Madison Police Department (UWPD) will not renew its Flock Safety contract (which actually ended June 26, 2026) and is removing cameras from campus, per Chief Brent Pilsch, who said the department will seek community input on a replacement ALPR vendor. Context: this is part of a broader Dane County, WI rollback cluster: UWPD restricted Flock data access in March 2026 for agencies cooperating with immigration enforcement; the Dane County Board cut funding for Flock cameras in April; Fitchburg ended its Flock contract in May; the Dane County Sheriff’s Office disabled 26 Flock cameras in June. Concerns center on data access by CBP and DHS. Useful as another concrete comparative case for BPA of a university police department (not just municipal PD) declining to renew Flock, and as part of a documented regional pattern of coordinated pullback across multiple jurisdictions in one county.