Let's DEFLOCK Paulding together!!! Informal community meeting Sunday, August 30 @ Burnt Hickory Park
The short version: A Georgia state senate candidate is organizing a grassroots meetup in Paulding County to push back against Flock Safety camera surveillance.
Our Take
Credit where it's due: Alec Miller is doing the unglamorous, essential work of local organizing. No slick production, no viral hooks — just a park, a date, and an invitation for neighbors to show up and talk about the ALPR cameras watching their streets. This is what pushing back on mass surveillance actually looks like most of the time. It's not a courtroom win or a viral exposé; it's folks in Paulding County figuring out who their county commissioners are and how to get in front of them.
What makes this worth flagging is the model, not just the moment. Flock Safety's expansion has largely sailed through because most residents never hear about a contract until the cameras are already bolted to the pole. A candidate using their platform to convene an informal, non-partisan meetup flips that script — it puts the decision back in public view before the next renewal or the next vendor pitch. Whether or not you live in Georgia's 31st district, the playbook translates: find your neighbors, find your local officials, ask hard questions about retention, sharing agreements, and audit logs before you're told it's already a done deal.
If you're in Paulding or anywhere else wondering whether you're already being tracked, start by checking our camera map to see what's nearby, then use our take-action guide to bring real questions to your own local meeting.
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.