Officer sentenced for misuse of Flock

QUOTE OF THE DAY
“When these tools are so profoundly powerful, I think that it should be up to the local residents in a community, like, what is the line? How stringent do you want these requirements on the front end to be before allowing one of these for- profit companies to come into their jurisdiction and surveil people?”

– Amanda Merkwae, policy and advocacy director for the ACLU of Wisconsin, on Flock and other surveillance technology

A Menasha police officer was sentenced for misusing Flock surveillance technology Monday. Isiah Holmes reports on the growing doubts about whether its a good idea to use Flock license plate readers and other high-tech surveillance in Wisconsin communities.

Republican gubernatorial candidate U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany began his general election campaign against Democratic nominee Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley by seeking to paint his opponent as a fan of data centers — a sore subject in Wisconsin. Baylor Spears sorts out the two candidates’ positions on the issue.

Michele Magadance Skinner, a Republican candidate for state Senate and an Eau Claire County Board member, is being sued by the state Senate Democratic Campaign Committee which claims she is not a Wisconsin resident and should have her name removed from the ballot in a hotly contested Senate district. Baylor Spears has the details.

Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Megan O’Matz of ProPublica follows the money at one Milwaukee private school and reveals an opaque world with little oversight.

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