Flock & ALPR Cameras in Sumner County, Tennessee
Volunteers have reported 120 automated license plate readers across Sumner County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 3 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Sep 30 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 30 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 9 new license plate readers just reported around Belle Meade, TN. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #BelleMeade
How Sumner County compares nationally
Sumner County ranks #498 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 23.3% nationally. The count covers 200,553 residents and 1,412 miles of county roads — 5.0859 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Sumner 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 Sumner County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Sumner
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.