Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens wants new legislation to establish guardrails around surveillance technology, including Flock cameras.
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The announcement comes one day after Atlanta police completed an audit of more than 100,000 Flock searches made so far this year.
Atlanta police have searched Flock camera results about 115,000 times so far in 2026. APD also said it is launching an investigation into 79 searches to determine whether they were done properly.
Dickens said he wants a public work session, a public hearing and new legislation to better define how the technology can be used.
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His office plans to introduce legislation addressing 10 core areas, including requiring audits, adding new requirements to Flock contracts and creating additional oversight of surveillance technology.
Some Atlanta City Council members said they have already introduced similar legislation.
“We wanna make sure that we are making the people who are responsible for having this great power,” Councilman Michael J. Bond said. “That they know that they’re being watched, that they are going to be held accountable.”
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