Deflock and Rock! Let's right back against the surveillance state!
The short version: A Georgia state senate candidate puts ALPR surveillance on the campaign trail, showing Flock pushback is becoming a real electoral issue.
Our Take
Credit where it's due: Alec Miller, running for Georgia State Senate District 31, is putting Flock Safety and the automated license plate reader buildout front and center in his campaign messaging. That's notable. Most candidates still treat ALPR cameras as a boring infrastructure line item rubber-stamped by city councils and sheriffs. When a candidate makes "DeFlock" part of the stump speech, it signals that constituents are actually asking questions at the doors about who's tracking their daily movements and why.
This is exactly the kind of political pressure the surveillance industry doesn't want. Flock's business model depends on quiet, uncontested rollouts — a few thousand dollars in a county budget here, a "crime-fighting tool" press release there, no public debate about retention windows, data sharing with ICE or out-of-state agencies, or what happens when the database gets hacked or misused. The moment this becomes a campaign issue, local officials have to answer for contracts they signed without much scrutiny.
We don't endorse candidates, but we do track the cameras regardless of who's in office. If you want to see what's already watching your plate, check our map, and if you want to push back locally, our take-action page has the tools to start.
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.