Check out this ALPR (Flock) Abuse Tracker
The short version: A Georgia state senate candidate spotlighting an ALPR abuse tracker shows Flock surveillance concerns are becoming real campaign issues, not just activist talking points.
Our Take
When a candidate for state office starts flagging an "ALPR abuse tracker" on their campaign channel, that's a signal the Flock surveillance debate has moved beyond privacy advocates and into electoral politics. Credit to Alec Miller for putting this in front of Georgia voters — whatever your politics, the fact that license plate reader overreach is becoming a plank candidates campaign on tells you how widespread the documented misuse has gotten.
We don't have the receipts on every abuse case these trackers compile, and we're not going to pretend we do. But the broader pattern is undeniable: agencies running plate searches with no stated reason, officers using Flock networks to stalk exes, data shared across jurisdictions with zero oversight. Every one of these stories starts the same way — a tool sold as "finding stolen cars" ends up logging everyone's movements, searchable by anyone with a badge and no audit trail worth trusting.
If you want to see how far this network has spread in your own neighborhood, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back on a city council or state rep, 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 Alec Miller for Georgia State Senate 31, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.