Opponents Urge Georgia Cities, Home Depot to End Flock Contracts Over Misuse Reports
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Updated · WABE 90.1 FM · Aug 19
Opponents Urge Georgia Cities, Home Depot to End Flock Contracts Over Misuse Reports
3 articles · Updated · WABE 90.1 FM · Aug 19
Summary
Atlanta activists called on Georgia cities and Home Depot to terminate contracts with Flock Safety, saying recent reports of nationwide police misuse show the company’s license-plate reader network cannot be made safe.
Tuesday’s demand came as hundreds arrived in Atlanta for Flock Forward 2026 and during the first national Week of Action Against Automatic License Plate Readers, sharpening pressure on the Atlanta-based company.
Al Solove of Indivisible ATL and DeFrost Home Depot said Flock’s new limits on officers’ data access were too narrow and “cynical,” arguing the known abuse cases raise fears that more misuse has gone undetected.
Kamau Franklin of Community Movement Builders tied Flock’s rapid expansion to Atlanta’s contested public safety training center, saying the cameras function as a tool to monitor residents, organizers and anti–Cop City activists.