Flock & ALPR Cameras in Union City, Tennessee
Volunteers have reported 12 automated license plate readers in and around Union City — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Union City in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 22:19 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Union City
The readers mapped around Union City break down as 8 of unrecorded make, 3 Flock Safety, 1 Motorola Solutions. Named operators in the reports: Union City Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Jere B. Ford Memorial Highway — 2 readers
- West Main Street — 2 readers
- South 1st Street — 2 readers
- East Reelfoot Avenue — 2 readers
- Marshall Avenue — 2 readers
- Vaden Street — 1 reader
- West Reelfoot Avenue — 1 reader
Union City in the Obion County picture
Obion County has 17 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #430 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 20.1% nationally. That’s across 30,570 residents and 1,129 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 34.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 12 traffic. Operators named on the record: Union City Police Department (8).
What’s watching Union 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 Union City — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Union City (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Union 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.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Union City
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).