Josh Kaul
Role at the time: Wisconsin attorney general (D) running for reelection
Mixed or conditional
Statement summary
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul said there has not been the public debate on Flock cameras that should take place in the Legislature. WisPolitics reports he called on lawmakers to pass guardrails on police use of the cameras.
“There hasn’t been the kind of robust discussion or debate in the public forum where it should be happening, which is in our Legislature”
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Why we used this label
The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Kaul said the Legislature should debate the systems, and WisPolitics reports he called for guardrails such as audits and limits on who can use them and for which cases, while questioning private contractor access. He supports continued use under legal limits, so Mixed or conditional fits.