My public comment against flock at this week's Hiram City Council meeting.
The short version: A Georgia state senate candidate took his objections to Flock ALPRs straight to Hiram City Council, modeling the kind of local pushback that actually moves votes.
Our Take
Credit where it's due: Alec Miller didn't just tweet about Flock Safety cameras, he showed up to a Hiram City Council meeting and put his objections on the public record. That's the unglamorous, unsexy work that actually matters here — city councils are the ones signing the contracts, and they're the ones who can cancel them. A candidate for state senate using his three minutes at the mic to push back on ALPR sprawl is exactly the kind of local accountability this fight needs more of.
What makes these fights winnable is that Flock's whole business model depends on nobody in the room asking hard questions. Once someone stands up and asks where the data goes, who can access it, and why a small city needs a network that tracks every car that passes through, elected officials start sweating. Hiram isn't a big media market, but every one of these council chambers is a front line, and the cameras don't care whether the town has ten thousand people or ten million.
If you're in Georgia or anywhere else watching your own city quietly bolt these cameras onto street poles, don't wait for someone else to speak up first. Check our map to see what's already been deployed near you, and use our take-action guide to figure out how to put your own city council on notice.
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.