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The City of Neenah is seriously reconsidering their usage of Flock cameras. These meetings will have open Public Participation sections that allow for comments on anything relating to public safety.
Flock will likely also be an explicit agenda item on June 8th. We can expect a presentation on Flock by the Neenah Chief of Police on June 9th.

Tips:
- If you're not a Neenah resident, that's OK! We all have a stake in our surrounding communities. Mention your ties and connections to Neenah (friends, family, work, shopping at local businesses, etc).
- Email Neenah City Council members ahead of time, especially members listed as being on the Public Services & Safety Committee: https://t.co/kbTCNwtxUT
- Ask council members to meet you for coffee to discuss Flock. Come prepare with calm, fact-based arguments about why Flock as a system is not acceptable for use in our communities
- Spread the word to friends and family that care about civil liberties, privacy, and responsible policing.
- Expect the chief of police to be strongly pro-flock.
- We can do this! We've already had success in Appleton and Oshkosh. Other WI municipalities like Sturgeon Bay, Verona, and Dane County have done it too.

Thank you to libertarian Brian Defferding for serving on the Neenah City Council.

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Hey! It’s Libertarian Party Chair Evan McMahon putting in some elbow grease for our candidates ! @LPchair
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Police State Camera Systems and ALPRs

By Jeff Kortsch

LPWI Contributor

Benjamin Franklin, in a 1755 letter to the Pennsylvania Assembly, famously said, "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Local governments and makers of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) believe you should give up some of your liberty for the possibility of a little safety. They say the devices help police solve crimes. That may be true but at what cost? Should the government be able to track your movements around the country by reading your license plate, storing identifying information about the make, model, color, and distinguishing features like political bumper stickers and keeping that information in a database where anyone with access can see it? What is done with that information and who has access to it? What government entities is that information shared with?

In the case United States v. Jones, the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the government’s installation of a GPS tracking device on the vehicle of Antoine Jones to track his movements for 28 days constituted an illegal search under the Fourth Amendment.

Today, ALPRs can track your vehicle without coming anywhere near it and you get to pay for it. Where did you go today? How long were you there? Did you pass a place where a crime was committed several times even though you had nothing to do with the crime?

If this sounds to you like Big Brother in George Orwell’s book “Nineteen Eighty-Four” or something the KGB did in the Soviet Union or the Stasi did in East Germany, it does to me too. Government should not be able to keep track of your whereabouts if you haven’t committed a crime, are not in the process of committing a crime or are not about to commit a crime.

The CEO of Flock Safety, Garrett Langley, said recently in an interview with Forbes that those who are keeping track of where ALPRs are installed, such as the website https://t.co/mooGFi3Udv, are “terroristic organizations”. Keeping track of how and where government is surveilling you does not make them a terrorist. After the revelations of Edward Snowden, the ship has sailed on calling those who are against mass government surveillance a “terrorist”.

Use tools like https://t.co/mooGFi3Udv, https://t.co/H5ExfJEoSe from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and https://t.co/ZmGFqmiJM1 from the Institute for Justice to see where there are ALPRs installed and report new ones that have been recently installed. If your local government is considering installing ALPRs, get involved in the process if they are doing the consideration in public. If your local government already has ALPRs installed, find out more information with open records requests on what is in the contract, what the cost to taxpayers is, how the data access is granted and who the data is shared with. Don’t give up some of your liberty for the promise a little more safety.

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Libertarian Party of Wisconsin Joins Lawsuit Challenging Petition Circulator Ban

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Even Amid the Flames of War, the Market Process Endures

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Roll call to extend unconstitutional warrantless surveillance on American citizens.

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On Tuesday, April 21st, the City of Neenah, Wisconsin, will swear in their newest city council member, Mr. Brian Defferding, age 49, a member of the Libertarian Party of Wisconsin.

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Wisconsin Libertarians to gather in Tomahawk for 2026 state convention

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We support the maintenance of a sufficient military to defend the United States against aggression. The United States should both avoid entangling alliances and abandon its attempts to act as policeman for the world. We oppose any form of compulsory national service.

American foreign policy should emphasize peace with all nations, entangling alliances with none. We would end the current U.S. government policies of foreign intervention including military and economic aid; tariffs; economic sanctions; and regime change. We recognize the right of all people to resist tyranny and defend themselves and their rights. We condemn the use of force, and especially the use of terrorism, against the innocent, regardless of whether such acts are committed by governments or by political or revolutionary groups.

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Congratulations to newly elected Libertarian Brian Defferding to the Neenah City Council District 1 seat.

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We’re excited to share the latest edition of the LPWIre — and a fresh new direction.
Moving forward, the Libertarian Party of Wisconsin will be releasing the LPWIre as a quarterly newsletter, giving us the opportunity to provide more meaningful updates, deeper insights, and a clear picture of what’s happening across the state.
This edition reflects that shift — with updates on party activity, upcoming priorities, and where we’re headed next.
Take a few minutes to check it out and stay connected with the movement here in Wisconsin:
As always, we appreciate your support and involvement as we continue working to grow and strengthen liberty across Wisconsin.

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