We, the undersigned, call upon our countys officials to remove all Flock cameras and related surveillance technology and a full ban of all of these following companies ever being installed in Paulding County; “Flock Safety”, “AXON”, “Genetec”, “Hanwah Vision”, “Rhombus”, “Avigilon”, “Icetana”, “Cognitek”, “3xLogic”, “Veritone”, “Motorola Solutions”, “BriefCam”, and  “Eagle Eye Networks”.

“Motorola Solutions” Body Cameras shall be the only exception. 

The current “Flock Safety” cameras do far more than read license plates: they can create detailed records of where people travel, identify patterns of their movement, and potentially track Bluetooth-enabled devices. That means the government and private company “Flock Safety” are monitoring mostly innocent residents’ activities without individualized suspicion, meaningful consent, or a warrant.

The freedom to move through our own county without being watched, recorded, and cataloged is a basic liberty. The government should not be allowed to assemble a comprehensive record of our movements simply because we use public roads that WE paid for. A person who secretly followed and documented someone’s daily travels could reasonably be accused of stalking; a private company automating that same conduct does not make it less intrusive, less illegal, or less dangerous to privacy.

No free people should have to accept constant surveillance as the price of living in their community. Data can be misused, shared beyond its original purpose, accessed by unauthorized parties, or used to monitor lawful protest, journalism, association, and political activity. When people know their movements may be tracked, they may hesitate to speak, gather, organize, or participate in public life. That is not a condition of a “free society”.

Public safety matters, but liberty matters too. Effective policing should be targeted, transparent, accountable, and based on individualized evidence, not the indiscriminate collection of information about everyone. We urge county officials to remove Flock cameras and reject surveillance practices that undermine privacy, constitutional rights, and the freedom to live without being continuously tracked. Give us liberty, not mass surveillance.

ON THE FENCE? Read some of the sources below. 

SOURCES/DOCUMENTED EXAMPLES OF ABUSE, CAMERA ERRORS LEADING TO FALSE ARREST & MORE. 

Source: The Washington Post
Summary: Dozens of officers allegedly used camera networks to stalk women.
Full link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/02/how-police-officers-used-vast-network-cameras-spy-their-exes/

Source: The Washington Post
Summary: Departments failed to detect officers’ unauthorized surveillance-system searches.
Full link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/19/we-found-cops-who-misused-flock-their-police-departments-didnt-know/

Source: WOSU 89.7 NPR News
Summary: Two Ohio officers resigned following alleged personal Flock searches.
Full link: https://www.wosu.org/politics-government/2026-08-06/former-reynoldsburg-officers-made-dozens-of-personal-searches-on-surveillance-cameras

Source: Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Summary: Five Georgia officers charged with misusing retained license-plate information.
Full link: https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2026-07-06/gbi-arrests-five-former-albany-police-department-officers-misuse-license

Source: Associated Press
Summary: Georgia police chief charged with stalking through plate-reader surveillance.
Full link: https://apnews.com/article/39adb6f89fc2074da61f2801fef3f180

Source: FOX6 Milwaukee
Summary: Officer allegedly searched romantic partners’ license plates 179 times.
Full link: https://www.fox6now.com/news/milwaukee-police-officer-charged-flock-camera-misuse-case

Source: WLKY
Summary: Indiana deputy allegedly searched his girlfriend’s plate 2,000 times.
Full link: https://www.wlky.com/article/former-jackson-county-deputy-flock-camera-searches-misconduct/73574567

Source: Institute for Justice
Summary: Documents Flock errors causing gunpoint detentions, arrests, and jailings.
Full link: https://ij.org/dozens-of-innocent-motorists-have-been-pulled-over-detained-at-gunpoint-or-jailed-due-to-ai-license-plate-camera-errors/

Source: Business Insider
Summary: Toledo man bitten and jailed after Flock misread plate.
Full link: https://www.businessinsider.com/flock-safety-alpr-cameras-misreads-2026-3

Source: United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio
Summary: Ohio driver detained because police failed updating Flock’s hotlist.
Full link: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/ohio/ohndce/5:2023cv02198/301907/38/

Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Summary: Police used nationwide Flock searches to monitor lawful protests.
Full link: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/how-cops-are-using-flock-safetys-alpr-network-surveil-protesters-and-activists

Source: The Verge
Summary: Unsecured Flock feeds exposed live video and administrative controls.
Full link: https://www.theverge.com/news/849624/flock-ai-camera-feeds-exposed-benn-jordan

Source: WIRED
Summary: One city shared Flock information with over 2,000 organizations.
Full link: https://www.wired.com/story/how-an-atlanta-suburb-ended-up-sharing-flock-data-with-more-than-2000-organizations

Source: University of Washington Center for Human Rights
Summary: Border Patrol searched local Flock networks without explicit authorization.
Full link: https://jsis.washington.edu/humanrights/2025/10/21/leaving-the-door-wide-open/

Source: Associated Press
Summary: Plate information was shared for an abortion-related investigation.
Full link: https://apnews.com/article/13fac7c045df3c5e5145f6d4e4c4db28

Source: Reuters
Summary: Florida ordered removals following surveillance, privacy, and misuse concerns.
Full link: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/florida-bans-highway-license-plate-readers-backlash-over-surveillance-spreads-2026-09-03/