Flock & ALPR Cameras in Cheatham County, Tennessee
Volunteers have reported 42 automated license plate readers across Cheatham County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 6 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 3 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Oct 3 SkyCop, Inc. camera newly reported
- Oct 2 SkyCop, Inc. camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 9 new license plate readers just reported around Belle Meade, TN. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #BelleMeade
📷 11 new license plate readers just reported around Forest Hills, TN. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #ForestHills
How Cheatham County compares nationally
Cheatham County ranks #191 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 8.9% nationally. The count covers 41,500 residents and 786 miles of county roads — 7.9518 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Cheatham 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 Cheatham County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Cheatham
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.