ALPR Abuse Archive & Paulding Deflock, +2 more GA cops fired
The short version: A Georgia State Senate candidate highlights an ALPR abuse archive and reports more Georgia officers fired, underscoring accountability gaps in Flock-style surveillance.
Our Take
Alec Miller, running for Georgia State Senate District 31, is using his platform to spotlight something we track closely: what happens when license plate reader access gets abused by the very people entrusted with it. The fact that a sitting candidate is pointing to an "ALPR Abuse Archive" and reporting on Paulding County deflock news, plus multiple Georgia officers reportedly fired, tells you this isn't a fringe concern anymore — it's becoming a campaign issue.
That matters because ALPR networks like Flock Safety's are sold to the public as neutral crime-fighting tools, but the pattern keeps repeating nationwide: officers misuse database access for personal reasons, oversight is thin, and firings only happen after someone gets caught, not because the system was built to prevent abuse in the first place. When local reporting and even political campaigns start compiling these incidents into an "archive," it's a sign the accountability vacuum is getting impossible to ignore.
We credit Miller for putting this on the record in a race where surveillance policy rarely gets airtime. If you want to see where these cameras are actually deployed near you, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back on unchecked ALPR expansion in your own community, our take-action resources are a good place to start.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Alec Miller for Georgia State Senate 31, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.