Flock & ALPR Cameras in Johnson City, Tennessee
Volunteers have reported 147 automated license plate readers in and around Johnson City — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 27 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 13 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Johnson City
The readers mapped around Johnson City break down as 123 Flock Safety, 14 Motorola Solutions, 7 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: JCPD, jcpd, ETSU, Johnson City Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Aug 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- West State of Franklin Road — 10 readers
- University Parkway — 10 readers
- North Roan Street — 8 readers
- South Broadway Street — 8 readers
- North State of Franklin Road — 7 readers
- South Roan Street — 6 readers
- Liberty Bell Boulevard — 6 readers
- East Fairview Avenue — 5 readers
- West Market Street — 5 readers
- East Market Street — 4 readers
- Buffalo Street — 4 readers
- West Walnut Street — 3 readers
+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around Johnson City — all on the live map above.
Johnson City TN PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Johnson City TN PD runs 192 cameras of its own, has logged 403 plate-database searches, has captured 423,634 vehicle records. Its network connects to 76 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Johnson City in the Washington County picture
Washington County has 164 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #70 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 3.2% nationally. That’s across 134,693 residents and 1,163 road miles. By road density that is 0.14 cameras per road mile, in the top 2.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 93 traffic, 2 parking_entrance. Operators named on the record: JCPD (38), jcpd (7), ETSU (2).
Camera activity around Johnson City, last 30 days
10 newly reported in our hourly change log for Johnson City. Latest change logged Aug 27, 2026.
What’s watching Johnson City
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 Johnson City — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Johnson City (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Johnson City
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Johnson City, TN
- 4 new license plate readers reported around Johnson City, TN
- Update: Woman charged in fatal Johnson City hit-and-run after Flock camera identification
What you can do in Johnson City
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.
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Cameras near Johnson City
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).