Georgia Flock cameras spark widespread misuse fears | FOX 5 News
The short version: FOX 5 Atlanta reports Georgia officers facing criminal charges for misusing Flock ALPR data, proving the 'trust us' pitch was always hollow.
Our Take
FOX 5 Atlanta's reporting out of Georgia confirms what we've been saying since day one: give law enforcement a tool that can track anyone's movements with a few keystrokes, and some of them will use it for reasons that have nothing to do with public safety. Multiple officials facing criminal charges isn't a rare glitch in the system — it's the system working exactly as designed, just pointed at the wrong targets. Flock Safety loves to talk about audit logs and "accountability," but logs only catch misuse after the damage is done, and only if anyone bothers to check.
This is the core problem with a nationwide network of plate readers run by a private company with minimal oversight: the technology doesn't discriminate between a legitimate manslaughter investigation and a cop running plates on an ex, a neighbor, or a journalist who ticked them off. Georgia just gave us real names and real charges attached to that abstract risk. Expect Flock and its law enforcement partners to call this an isolated incident. It isn't — it's a pattern that keeps surfacing every time someone actually looks.
Credit to FOX 5 Atlanta for pushing this story into the open instead of letting it die in a department press release. If you want to see whether these cameras have already shown up on your street, check the map, and if you're ready to push back on your local council or sheriff, our take-action page has the tools to do it.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of FOX 5 Atlanta, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.