📄 Flock Safety ALPR Documents – Maryville, Tennessee

Public records and city correspondence related to Maryville, Tennessee’s use of Flock Safety automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras and related AI surveillance programs in Blount County, Tennessee.
All files are hosted on MaryvillePrivacy.org.

Heads up: This page is being updated as new Tennessee public records arrive. Some sections will grow over time as additional TPRA responses come in.

🗓️ What timeframe do these documents reflect?

Archive snapshot: The files on this page reflect a public-records production received in October 2025. This matters because vendor-hosted dashboards and portals can change after the fact.

MaryvillePrivacy.org note: We have observed that the City’s public-facing Flock “Transparency Portal” content differs from the October 2025 snapshot, including missing or reduced detail as of December 2025. This page preserves the source files we received and highlights discrepancies for public accountability.

Vendor-hosted portal (current)

Maryville Flock Transparency Portal:

Open portal

Flock describes its Transparency Portal as public-facing and policy/audit-log oriented. (Portal content can change.)

Why “changing portal content” is a public-records issue:

In Tennessee, public-records retention and destruction are governed by record-retention schedules and related guidance for local government—vendor preference isn’t the standard. If a portal view changes over time, residents should be able to compare it to what existed when records were requested and produced.

🔎 Key Findings From the Records

This section summarizes what stands out after reviewing contracts, permits, emails, training decks, maps, and Flock marketing material produced by the City of Maryville, Tennessee.

💰 Contracts & Long-Term Costs

Maryville entered into multi-year agreements covering roughly 16 fixed cameras, with Year-1 costs around $48,000 for Flock services and hardware (see contract set and quotes).
Using the calculator below, 10-year projections with modest annual increases reach the hundreds of thousands of dollars for Maryville alone.
Contracts and law-enforcement agreements are largely vendor-drafted; they give Flock broad control over data storage and operations, with limited local privacy protections.

📍 Camera Locations & Coverage

Maps and TDOT permitting records show cameras placed at busy corridors like US-129 Bypass, W Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Foothills Mall Drive, and near downtown Harper Avenue.
Photos and Flock coverage proposals document daytime, high-resolution imaging of vehicles — including trailers and out-of-state tags — even when plates are partially obscured.
Additional proposals and expansion PDFs show interest in moving and adding cameras to widen coverage beyond the original footprint.

🧠 Training, Multi-Geo & “Patterns of Life”

Flock “Multi-Geo” materials show officers using vehicle-movement history alone (city-to-city patterns, “pipelines,” and frequent crossings) to flag “vehicles of interest.”
Slides describe cases built primarily from Flock hits and historical travel paths, then used to initiate traffic stops or surveillance.
Administrator certificates and conference agendas confirm ongoing vendor-led training, including sessions on “real-time policing” and AI-driven tools.

🚁 Drone & Aerial Surveillance Proposals

Emails and proposal documents show pitches for drone-as-first-responder programs across Maryville/Alcoa/Blount County, with vendor-supplied pilots and FAA waiver handling.
Pricing estimates run between roughly $300,000 and $600,000 per year, depending on coverage area and configuration.
Together with fixed cameras, this points toward a layered AI surveillance network, not isolated plate readers.

🚨 Alerts, Hits & Real-World Examples

Screenshots and alert images show NCIC “stolen plate” hits and multi-camera tracking of the same vehicle across Maryville/Alcoa within minutes.
Example searches highlight filtering by tag, plate, make, color, body style, and time window to reconstruct movement.
Dashboard analytics demonstrate very high traffic volumes at several camera locations.

📚 Transparency, Fees & Gaps in the Record

Maryville charged $904 for this TPRA production while omitting attachments referenced in emails and providing no sworn certification that other categories don’t exist.
City responses list zero citizen complaints about Flock, despite written complaints submitted within the same period.
Additional TPRA requests are pending to close gaps and obtain sample images of government-owned vehicles and general traffic.

Background: Tennessee Public Records on Maryville’s Flock Program

On October 23, 2025, MaryvillePrivacy.org submitted a Tennessee Public Records Act (TPRA) request for Maryville, Tennessee’s Flock Safety program—contracts, emails, permits, policies, and related materials. The City charged $904 for “labor” before releasing a thumb drive of records.

⚠️ Data Exposure Notice (Flock) Contract (Unexecuted Copy) Executed Contract for Maryville, Tennessee

After review, we believe the City’s production is incomplete: many emails reference missing attachments; no certification was provided affirming that omitted categories do not exist; and the City reported zero citizen complaints despite written complaints submitted in the same period. We requested a supplemental production and proper certification.

About that $904 fee:

Use the calculator to estimate the effective per-document cost of this production. With 80 items, that’s about $11.30 per file.

Item count: = about $11.30 per file

Projected Public Spend (10 years – Maryville, Tennessee)

Estimates assume renewals for 16 cameras with a $48,000 Year-1 cost and an annual price increase.

Year-1 cost: Annual increase:

Examples with Year-1 = $48,000:

• 3% increase → ~$550,266 over 10 years

• 5% increase → ~$603,739 over 10 years

• 8% increase → ~$695,355 over 10 years

Use the filters below to jump directly to correspondence from Chief Tony Crisp, Lt. Rod Fernandez, Flock, TDOT, and Finance/Purchasing.

🧾 Audit logs & transparency tools

Audit logs and transparency portals can help the public understand how search tools are used across agencies. Because these views can change over time, MaryvillePrivacy.org preserves primary source files and documents discrepancies.

🔍 Have I Been Flocked (audit log database)

This independent site aggregates released “audit logs” from public sources. Availability and completeness can vary.

Open database Search plates

⚠️ Why this matters in Maryville

Cross-state searching + plate-only workflows can produce false suspicion and reduce meaningful public oversight when context is missing.

Read: “ghost vehicles” whitelist

🧩 MPD audit log widget (Oct 2025 snapshot context)

This widget is displayed alongside an October 2025 public-records snapshot. If the vendor-hosted portal looks different today, we flag that discrepancy and preserve source files.

🏛️ Maryville MPD Flock Search Log (TPRA) — officer names + click to reveal searches

Download (clean CSV) Official MPD portal (more redacted) Reference: CEO email (PDF)

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New transparency note: Using public records, we matched Flock’s newer “ID-only” audit log back to officer names by aligning the same search events across releases (same timestamp window and same reason). The repeated overlaps consistently pair each ID with the same user, producing a Name ↔ ID crosswalk. This is published because newer exports remove user names, which reduces accountability and makes public oversight harder.

🧩 Name ↔ ID mapping (derived)

Search by name or ID. Click headers to sort.

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Source CSV: Download

Compare with the current vendor portal: transparency.flocksafety.com/maryville-tn-pd

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📬 Email Productions (Lt. Rod Fernandez — Maryville Police Department)

Monthly exports of “Fernandez emails” (PDF). Use the search box above or the quick filters to narrow results.

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📎 Supporting Records (Contracts, Permits, Memos, Briefings)

Contracts, permits, installation letters, quotes, training slides, drone materials, budget books, and other attachments pulled from Chief Tony Crisp, Lt. Rod Fernandez, Flock, TDOT, and city departments. Use the filters above to zero in on contracts, drones, training, or TDOT permitting.

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⚙️ Flock Safety Patent No. 11,416,545 – Beyond License Plates

Flock’s patent (U.S. Patent 11,416,545) describes AI modules that can classify people (sex, race, clothing) and estimate height/weight, in addition to vehicles, bicycles, and animals — then store those outputs with time/location for historical search and “pattern-of-life” analysis.

These are not ordinary “license-plate readers.” They are advanced AI surveillance systems.

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