County record · Tennessee

Carter County

4 Deployments on record

2 Agencies

4 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 1 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 1 Doorbell & camera registry · none on record Cell-site simulators · none on record Predictive policing · 1 Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

Carter County Sheriff's Office

Elizabethton · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Carter County

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Carter County Sheriff's Office's Department operates four DJI drones as of 2016, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College wcyb.com www.johnsoncitypress.com

Predictive policing Vendor: IBM

The Carter County Sheriff's Office has access to a predictive analytics system developed by IBM to identify locations where vehicle crashes and DUIs are likely to occur. All 95 county sheriffs in the state access the system, which is managed by the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security Fox17

Elizabethton Police Department

Elizabethton · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Elizabethton

ALPR

The Elizabethton Police Department received a grant to purchase automated license plate readers in 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Elizabethton Star

Body-worn & dashcam

The Elizabethton Police Department received $22,490 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to purchase 31 body-worn cameras through the 2022 Small, Rural, Tribal BWC Microgrant program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera microgrant grantee list

Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026