Deflock the U.S., Deflock Georgia, Deflock Paulding. WE must be the opposition to stop surveillance
The short version: A Georgia State Senate candidate, Alec Miller, is campaigning explicitly on deflocking Paulding County and the state, framing ALPR pushback as a ballot-box issue.
Our Take
It's not every day that license plate readers become a campaign plank, but that's exactly what's happening in Georgia's 31st Senate District. Candidate Alec Miller is using his platform to call out Flock Safety's camera network in Paulding County and beyond, arguing that if residents don't organize now, mass surveillance becomes the default inheritance for the next generation. Whatever you think of the race itself, the framing is worth paying attention to: ALPR expansion has quietly become a political issue, not just a local council agenda item.
That matters because most Flock deployments happen with zero public vote and minimal transparency — a police chief signs a contract, cameras go up, and years of driving history get logged before most residents even know the system exists. When a candidate starts naming specific counties and calling for "opposition," it signals that communities are starting to connect the dots between individual camera poles and a statewide tracking infrastructure. That's a shift worth encouraging, regardless of who's asking for your vote.
Credit to Miller for putting a spotlight on this instead of burying it. If you want to see how dense Flock's network has gotten in your own area, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back locally, our take-action page has concrete next steps beyond waiting for an election cycle.
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.