Flock & ALPR Cameras in Chester County, Tennessee
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers across Chester County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 14 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Chester County compares nationally
Chester County ranks #1,263 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 17,452 residents and 580 miles of county roads — 2.292 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Chester 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 Chester County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Chester
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.