Georgia’s surveillance technology, as reported

Press coverage naming Georgia or a jurisdiction within it — each story tagged with the technology it covers. 38 stories

	Story	Location
Jul 15	Readers write - Atlanta Journal-Constitution Atlanta Journal-Constitution ($) ALPR	Gwinnett County us/ga/gwinnett
Jul 14	Gwinnett County approves drones to respond to some 911 calls - 95.5 WSB 95.5 WSB Expansion Drones / UAS	Gwinnett County us/ga/gwinnett
Jul 11	License Plate Reader (LPR) Scandals Show Need For Legislative Priority Reform (LPR) - Cobb Courier Cobb Courier ALPR	Cobb County us/ga/cobb
Jul 9	Georgia deputy charged with using Flock camera to personally track license plates - WSB-TV WSB-TV ALPR	Greene County us/ga/greene Cherokee County us/ga/cherokee
Jul 8	Greene County deputy arrested after audit shows she used Flock cameras for personal reasons, sheriff says - CBS News CBS News ALPR	Greene County us/ga/greene Cherokee County us/ga/cherokee
Jul 7	5 ex-Georgia police officers charged in misuse of license plate reader data - WSB-TV WSB-TV ALPR	Dougherty County us/ga/dougherty
Jul 7	5 Georgia officers fired, arrested for misusing access to city's Flock cameras, GBI says - CBS News CBS Newsalso carried by 1 other outlet More coverage: Atlanta Journal-Constitution · USA Today · Yahoo ALPR	Barrow County us/ga/barrow Dougherty County us/ga/dougherty
Jul 6	5 APD officers fired over misuse of license plate reader technology, department says - WALB WALB ($)also carried by 1 other outlet More coverage: FOX 5 Atlanta · Hoodline · WRDW ALPR	Dougherty County us/ga/dougherty Cherokee County us/ga/cherokee
Jun 27	Records show agencies nationwide accessed Dayton Flock camera data before shutdown - WKEF WKEF Reduction ALPR	Lowndes County us/ga/lowndes
Jun 10	Mapping Every Flock License Plate Reader Near US World Cup Stadiums - WIRED WIRED Expansion ALPR	Harris County us/tx/harris Cobb County us/ga/cobb City of Inglewood us/ca/los-angeles/city/inglewood
May 27	Cobb Police to spend $9.7M on drones, other safety items for World Cup - Marietta Daily Journal Marietta Daily Journal Expansion Drones / UAS	Cobb County us/ga/cobb
May 26	Editorial: Real-time crime centers are a proven model - decaturish.com decaturish.com Expansion Fixed cameras & RTCC	DeKalb County us/ga/dekalb
May 7	Fulton County Sheriff’s Office AnnouncesNew Drone-As-First Responder (DFR) System to Assist in Jail Security - Atlanta Daily World Atlanta Daily World Expansion Drones / UAS	Fulton County us/ga/fulton
Apr 29	DeFlock Emory protests against campus surveillance over safety concerns - The Emory Wheel The Emory Wheel More coverage: bupipedream.com Fusion & data sharing	Lumpkin County us/ga/lumpkin
Apr 27	Atlanta surveillance is more vast than you think. Time for stronger oversight. - Atlanta Journal-Constitution Atlanta Journal-Constitution ($) Fusion & data sharingFixed cameras & RTCC	Fulton County us/ga/fulton
Apr 27	Atlanta ‘Cop City’ AI Policing Expansion Fuels Mass Surveillance - Complex Complex Expansion Fixed cameras & RTCC	DeKalb County us/ga/dekalb
Apr 20	How Real-Time Crime Centers Draw on Video Surveillance - StateTech Magazine StateTech Magazine More coverage: Dronelife · FOX 13 News Utah Expansion Fixed cameras & RTCCDrones / UAS	DeKalb County us/ga/dekalb City of Hartford us/ct/city/hartford Spokane County us/wa/spokane
Apr 16	Stop Flock campaign targets invasive surveillance network - Boing Boing Boing Boing ALPR	Cobb County us/ga/cobb
Apr 13	Dunwoody sets 'guardrails' for Flock surveillance cameras use - FOX 5 Atlanta FOX 5 Atlanta Fusion & data sharing	City of Dunwoody us/ga/dekalb/city/dunwoody
Apr 10	Cobb County YouTuber documents Flock camera vulnerabilities - WABE WABE Fixed cameras & RTCC	Cobb County us/ga/cobb
Apr 8	Chamblee police chief committed to privacy rights, public safety with Real Time Crime Center - WABE WABE Expansion Fixed cameras & RTCC	Cobb County us/ga/cobb
Apr 7	Cobb County awarded more than $10 million for safety expenses, drone tech, ahead of FIFA World Cup - CBS News CBS News Expansion Drones / UAS	Cobb County us/ga/cobb City of Atlanta us/mo/macon/city/atlanta
Apr 2	Another Gwinnett city launches real-time crime center - WSB-TV WSB-TV Expansion Fixed cameras & RTCC	Gwinnett County us/ga/gwinnett
Mar 5	Metro Atlanta police department opens real-time crime center - 95.5 WSB 95.5 WSB Expansion Fixed cameras & RTCC	City of Chamblee us/ga/dekalb/city/chamblee
Mar 5	Chamblee introduces Real-Time Crime Center - WSB-TV WSB-TV More coverage: Atlanta News First Expansion Fixed cameras & RTCC	City of Chamblee us/ga/dekalb/city/chamblee
Dec 19	DeKalb County unveils real-time crime center - 95.5 WSB 95.5 WSB More coverage: Atlanta News First · FOX 5 Atlanta · WSB-TV · decaturish.com Expansion Fixed cameras & RTCC	DeKalb County us/ga/dekalb
Oct 22	Is a New Crime Center the ‘Worst Nightmare’ for Bad Guys or Privacy Rights? - Flagpole Flagpole Expansion Fixed cameras & RTCC	City of Athens-Clarke County us/ga/city/athens-clarke-county
Sep 25, 2025	DeKalb County Commission approves real-time crime center - decaturish.com decaturish.com Expansion Fixed cameras & RTCC	DeKalb County us/ga/dekalb
Aug 20, 2025	Chamblee Police Department building its own real time crime center - WSB-TV WSB-TV Expansion Fixed cameras & RTCC	DeKalb County us/ga/dekalb
Aug 15, 2025	Real Time Crime Center is state-of-the-art technology - The Union-Recorder The Union-Recorder Expansion Fixed cameras & RTCC	Baldwin County us/ga/baldwin
Mar 28, 2025	DeKalb County to break ground on new real-time crime center - WSB-TV WSB-TV Expansion Fixed cameras & RTCC	DeKalb County us/ga/dekalb City of Atlanta us/ga/fulton/city/atlanta Cobb County us/ga/cobb
Jan 7, 2025	Opinion: New facility promises greater safety for Cumming residents - Appen Media Appen Media Expansion Fixed cameras & RTCC	City of Cumming us/ga/forsyth/city/cumming
Mar 1, 2024	Gwinnett city upgrades real-time crime center to catch criminals faster - WSB-TV WSB-TV Expansion Fixed cameras & RTCC	Gwinnett County us/ga/gwinnett
Feb 28, 2024	Clayton County Police Department Real Time Crime Center PSA - claytoncountyga.gov claytoncountyga.gov Expansion Fixed cameras & RTCC	Clayton County us/ga/clayton
May 30, 2023	New ‘real-time’ Crime Center coming to Albany will aim to allow community involvement - WALB WALB ($) Expansion Fixed cameras & RTCC	Dougherty County us/ga/dougherty
Jul 25, 2022	Unfolding crime: Columbia County Sheriff's Office has sights set on real-time crime center - The Augusta Chronicle The Augusta Chronicle Expansion Fixed cameras & RTCC	Columbia County us/ga/columbia
Jun 16, 2022	Game-changing technology to fight crime in Cobb County - FOX 5 Atlanta FOX 5 Atlanta Expansion Fixed cameras & RTCC	Cobb County us/ga/cobb
Mar 25, 2022	Cobb’s new real-time crime center reduces mistakes; gives ‘30,000 foot view’ to help officers - WSB-TV WSB-TV Expansion Fixed cameras & RTCC	Cobb County us/ga/cobb

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