u/SgtVicky

I'm a dad in Dunwoody who has spent months filing Georgia Open Records Act requests about Flock Safety's camera network in our city. Everything below comes from documents the city produced to me.

What the city promised: Dunwoody PD told a private community center that access to their private security cameras (including cameras in gymnastics rooms, pools, and fitness studios) was "solely for real-time critical incident response." They told the public that Flock is a law enforcement tool that keeps our community safe.

What actually happened: Flock employees viewed live and recorded cameras in Dunwoody over 1,000 times between 2023 and April 2026. In 2025 alone, they searched Dunwoody citizens' data over 400 times. The vast majority had no case number and no documented law enforcement purpose.

What Flock claimed: Their public statement said they had "authorized, explicit permission" to use Dunwoody as a testing partner. Their CEO privately told the community center's CEO the same thing.

What the city said when I asked for that permission: "The City of Dunwoody found no records that are responsive to your request." No contract. No memo. No agreement. Nothing.

What the mayor did about it: Met privately with Flock's CEO at a coffee shop before announcing a "solution" that changed nothing materially. She didn't disclose the meeting until I surfaced the text messages through open records. Before this, I had emailed her fourteen times about Flock concerns. She never responded to one.Flock employees viewed cameras in my city over 1,000 times including where children play. Nobody authorized it.

All of this is documented with emails, audit logs, text messages, and official city responses obtained through GORA. Happy to answer questions. If you would like to see the full write-up please PM me, I can't post a link to it because of new subreddit rules.