Flock & ALPR Cameras in Carter County, Tennessee
Volunteers have reported 39 automated license plate readers across Carter County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 27 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 16 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 13 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 9 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Carter County compares nationally
Carter County ranks #526 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 24.6% nationally. The count covers 56,462 residents and 1,001 miles of county roads — 4.9591 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Carter County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Carter County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
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What you can do in Carter
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.