LPR and other cameras
Reported by Savannah Police Department’s Flock transparency portal in July 2026.
Campaign + Working Group
Flock Out
Savannah DSA’s campaign seeks to end the City’s use of Flock Safety and prevent replacement with substantially equivalent mass automated license plate reader surveillance.
System
Automated license plate readers
Automated license plate readers capture license plates, vehicle information, location, and time as cars pass cameras. Flock Safety packages those records into a searchable system used by law enforcement.
Savannah DSA opposes routine dragnet collection of vehicle-location data from people who are not suspected of a crime. The campaign is about the surveillance practice itself, not only one vendor.
Savannah ALPR network
Reported scale in July 2026
These figures are the Flock transparency information cited in Savannah DSA Resolution R26-011.
Unique vehicles detected
Reported over the preceding 30-day period.
Searches in 30 days
Reported through the same transparency portal, with data retained for 30 days.
Risk
Documented misuse and surveillance risk
A 2026 Savannah Police Department investigation identified unauthorized Flock searches by four officers and two civilian employees. All six were terminated, and four former employees were later arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
R26-011 argues that safeguards and after-the-fact auditing do not eliminate the risks created by maintaining large, searchable databases of people’s movements.
Campaign demands
Campaign demands
R26-011 establishes a campaign against both Flock Safety and substantially equivalent replacement systems.
End the Flock relationship
Terminate or decline to renew Flock contracts and deactivate and remove City-operated Flock ALPR equipment as quickly as legally practicable.
No vendor substitution
Do not replace Flock with another vendor offering substantially equivalent mass ALPR surveillance.
Public accounting
Disclose contracts, spending, camera deployment, retention settings, authorized access, searches, data sharing, policies, and substantiated misuse to the fullest extent permitted by law.
End private financing
Call on SCAD and other private institutions to stop financing expansion of police surveillance infrastructure.
Democratic control
Require meaningful public notice, contract disclosure, data-practice disclosure, and public deliberation before future automated vehicle-surveillance procurement or deployment.
Invest in communities
Direct public resources toward material community needs and the underlying conditions affecting public safety rather than expanding dragnet surveillance.
Campaign plan
Campaign phases
Phase I — Research & Organization
First 60 days: organize contracts, policies, audits, usage information, renewal deadlines, decision-makers, affected constituencies, and Savannah-specific political education.
Phase II — Coalition & Political Pressure
Approximately days 30–120: outreach to partners, meetings with decision-makers, public education, canvassing, tabling, teach-ins, petitions, and City Council participation.
Phase III — Escalation & Decision
Continue as necessary: coordinated pressure around contracts, budgets, procurement, public comment, rallies, call-ins, hearings, coalition statements, and other approved tactics.
Current phase
Phase I
Research & Organization
The Working Group is in the opening stage established by the September 2026 campaign resolution: building the factual record, mapping decision-makers and deadlines, connecting with anti-ALPR organizers, and preparing local campaign materials.
Get involved
Campaign participation
The campaign needs members and community supporters who can research records, canvass, table, attend public meetings, contact decision-makers, help with political education, support events, and build relationships with affected communities.
Documents
Research and documents
The Working Group prioritizes public records, official documents, direct research, and other verifiable sources when making factual claims about Savannah’s surveillance system.