Madison County

County record. Includes every city and agency within Madison County.

3 Deployments on record

2 Agencies

3 Technology categories

Technology presence

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

What these categories mean

ALPR: Automated license plate readers (ALPR): camera systems that automatically capture, read, and log vehicle license plates with location and time, producing a searchable record of vehicle movements.
Fixed cameras & RTCC: Agency-operated fixed video cameras and the real-time crime centers (RTCC) that aggregate live and recorded feeds for monitoring. Extends the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Atlas, which enumerates real-time crime centers and camera registries but not standalone fixed-camera estates.
Face recognition: Software that matches faces in images or video against a reference database to identify or verify individuals.
Drones / UAS: Uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), commonly called drones, operated by an agency for overhead observation, imaging, or sensing.
Gunshot detection: Networks of acoustic sensors that detect and locate suspected gunfire and alert an agency.
Body-worn & dashcam: Officer body-worn and in-vehicle dashboard cameras that record encounters; public access to the footage is frequently restricted.
Doorbell & camera registry: Programs that give an agency access to privately owned camera footage: doorbell-camera partnerships, citizen camera registries, and private-camera integration platforms.
Cell-site simulators: Devices that mimic cell towers to locate or identify nearby mobile phones. They are often called Stingrays, or IMSI catchers after the international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number that identifies each phone on a network. Adjacent: communications surveillance outside the visual/sensor core.
Predictive policing: Software that forecasts where crime may occur or who may be involved, to direct policing. Adjacent: analytics rather than a sensing deployment.
Social-media monitoring: Tools that collect and analyze public social-media activity for an agency. Adjacent: open-source/communications monitoring outside the visual/sensor core.

The record, by agency

Jackson Police Department

Jackson · 2 deployments · last documented Nov 2021 · on UnGovr: City of Jackson

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Jackson Police Department installed 13 Flock Safety automated license plate readers in July 2021.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WBBJ Jackson Sun

Gunshot detection Vendor: ShotSpotter

The Jackson Police Department began using ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology in 2018.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Jackson Sun

Madison County Sheriff's Office

Jackson · 1 deployment · last documented Oct 2017 · on UnGovr: Madison County

Predictive policing Vendor: IBM

The Madison 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

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