Flock & ALPR Cameras in Kingsport, Tennessee
Volunteers have reported 25 automated license plate readers in and around Kingsport — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Kingsport in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 21:33 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Kingsport
The readers mapped around Kingsport break down as 25 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Lowes. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2024; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- South Wilcox Drive — 5 readers
- Lincoln Street — 3 readers
- East Center Street — 3 readers
- Deneen Lane — 2 readers
- Lynn Garden Drive — 2 readers
- South Eastman Road — 2 readers
- James C. White Drive — 2 readers
- Granby Road — 1 reader
- Fort Henry Drive — 1 reader
- Wheatley Street — 1 reader
- East Industry Drive — 1 reader
- Jared Drive — 1 reader
+ 1 more streets and roads mapped around Kingsport — all on the live map above.
Kingsport TN PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Kingsport TN PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 54 other agencies.
Kingsport in the Sullivan County picture
Sullivan County has 61 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #779 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 159,693 residents and 1,692 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 17.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 25 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lowes (2).
Camera activity around Kingsport, last 30 days
1 removed in our hourly change log for Kingsport. Latest change logged Aug 23, 2026.
What’s watching Kingsport
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 Kingsport — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Kingsport (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Kingsport
- 'Flock Transparency' page added to Kingsport police website
- Sullivan County, TN: Contract Canceled
- Sullivan County releases Flock camera locations, Kingsport city withholds
- A Flock Safety automated license plate reader camera is mounted at the corner of Tranbarger Drive and Lynn Garden Drive in Kingsport.
What you can do in Kingsport
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 Kingsport
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).