Flock & ALPR Cameras in Tazewell, Tennessee
Volunteers have reported 7 automated license plate readers in and around Tazewell — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Tazewell in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 12:30 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Tazewell
The readers mapped around Tazewell break down as 7 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jul 2025; the most recent in Jun 2026.
- Appalachian Highway — 4 readers
- Richardson Road — 2 readers
- North Broad Street — 1 reader
Tazewell TN PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Tazewell TN PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 7 other agencies.
Tazewell in the Claiborne County picture
Claiborne County has 7 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,318 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 32,221 residents and 1,250 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 57.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 6 traffic.
What’s watching Tazewell
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 Tazewell — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Tazewell (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Tazewell
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 Tazewell
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).