Deflock Paulding and Rock at Seven Hills Brewery!
The short version: A Georgia State Senate candidate hosts a grassroots 'Deflock' meetup in Paulding County, showing local pushback against Flock cameras is becoming a campaign issue.
Our Take
When a state senate candidate books a brewery room and calls the event "Deflock," that tells you something: opposition to automated license plate readers isn't staying in comment sections or city council meetings anymore, it's showing up in campaign strategy. Credit to Alec Miller's campaign for putting this on the calendar in Paulding County, Georgia — a part of the state where Flock Safety's network has been expanding quietly under the usual "crime-fighting tool" banner.
We don't have the full video content to quote from, but the framing alone is worth noting. ALPR pushback has largely been a grassroots, cross-partisan phenomenon — libertarians worried about government overreach, progressives worried about policing data ending up in the wrong hands, and plenty of regular residents who just don't like being tracked block by block without ever being asked. When a candidate for office puts "Deflock" in an event title, it signals they think voters care, and that's a sign the organizing is working.
If you want to see whether Flock cameras are already watching your commute, check our map, and if you'd rather not wait for a candidate to bring it up, our take-action page has concrete steps for getting cameras out of your town.
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.