Why Flock Safety cameras are more complicated than you think | Full Episode
The short version: AJC's two-part investigation lands in Flock's own backyard, showing Dunwoody, Georgia residents and officials grappling with the surveillance company's unchecked reach.
Our Take
There's something fitting about the Atlanta Journal-Constitution turning its cameras on Flock Safety, since the company calls Atlanta home. Producer Fraser Jones and cybersecurity researcher Benn Jordan dig into the technical guts of the system, then take the story to Dunwoody, Georgia, where the abstract debate over ALPRs becomes very concrete: real council members, real residents, real questions about who gets to see 120,000 cameras' worth of movement data and why.
That's the pattern we keep seeing nationwide. A city council approves Flock cameras assuming it's a narrow tool for solving specific crimes, then discovers the network shares data across thousands of agencies with far looser rules than anyone realized. Dunwoody's residents are doing exactly what every community should do before, not after, installation: asking who audits the searches, who can pull footage, and what happens when a system built for local policing becomes a de facto national tracking grid.
Credit to the AJC for treating this as a hometown accountability story instead of a marketing puff piece. If your own city is quietly rolling out these cameras, don't wait for the local paper to catch up. Check our camera map to see what's already watching your streets, and use our take-action resources to push your council toward the same scrutiny Dunwoody is finally getting.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Atlanta Journal-Constitution, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.