Flock & ALPR Cameras in Erwin, Tennessee
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Erwin — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Erwin in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 00:42 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Erwin
The readers mapped around Erwin break down as 4 Flock Safety, 1 of unrecorded make. The first camera here was reported in Aug 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Harris Hollow Road — 2 readers
- 2nd Street — 1 reader
- SR 81;SR 107 — 1 reader
- Taylor Bridge Road — 1 reader
Erwin TN PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Erwin TN PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 56 other agencies.
Erwin in the Unicoi County picture
Unicoi County has 5 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,078 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 17,779 residents and 576 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 47% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 4 traffic.
What’s watching Erwin
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Erwin — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Erwin (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Erwin
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Erwin
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).