Keisha Lance Bottoms is a former mayor of Atlanta, former city council member and former judge who became the Democratic nominee for Georgia governor in 2026.
Case
Networked automated license-plate cameras can assemble searchable records of vehicle movements. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to ban the systems, keep them with limits, or defend them as investigative tools. This tracker separates outright bans from narrower restrictions.
Role at the time: Georgia gubernatorial candidate
Statement summary
Bottoms raised privacy and misuse concerns and called for Georgia to examine safeguards for Flock cameras.
“We need to take a comprehensive look at what safeguards we can put in place as a state government.”
She calls for limits and review, not a categorical ban.
Statement dates: September 4, 2026
Statement dates: September 4, 2026
