Flock & ALPR Cameras in Etowah, Tennessee
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Etowah — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Etowah in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:58 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Etowah
The readers mapped around Etowah break down as 2 Flock Safety. Every report here dates to Jul 2026.
- US 411;SR 30 — 1 reader
- David W Lillard Memorial Highway — 1 reader
Etowah in the McMinn County picture
McMinn County has 6 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,716 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 54,135 residents and 1,571 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 67.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.
What’s watching Etowah
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 Etowah — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Etowah (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Etowah
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 Etowah
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).