How One Intersection in Chamblee Reduced Accidents by 50%

Our Take

This clip comes straight from Flock Safety's marketing team, not an independent news outlet or a city audit — that matters. When a surveillance vendor produces a feel-good case study starring a friendly local officer, the goal isn't journalism, it's sales. A 50% drop in accidents at one intersection sounds great, but we have no underlying traffic study, no before-and-after methodology, and no mention of whether cheaper fixes — better signage, signal timing, a stop sign — could have done the same job without adding a permanent camera network to the picture.

That's the pattern with Flock's public rollout strategy nationwide: lead with traffic safety and crime-solving anecdotes, let the cameras get bolted up, and only later do residents discover the system is also logging every plate that passes, building a searchable record of who drives where and when, shared across agencies with little public oversight. One intersection's numbers don't tell you how the data from that same camera is being queried, for how long it's retained, or who else has access.

If Flock is operating in your town, you deserve more than a promotional video to know it. Check our camera map to see what's already been installed near you, and visit take action for tools to push your city council for real transparency and audits — not just vendor-supplied success stories.