County record · Tennessee

Rutherford County

10 Deployments on record

5 Agencies

6 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 4 Fixed cameras & RTCC · 1 Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · 1 Body-worn & dashcam · 2 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

Murfreesboro Police Department

Murfreesboro · 4 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Murfreesboro

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Murfreesboro Police Department operates 59 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

Murfreesboro Police Department has a 10-year-and-nine-month contract worth $7,997,384 with Axon for all body and in-car cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Murfreesboro Daily News Journal

Fixed cameras & RTCC

The Murfreesboro Police Department has a real-time crime center.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Murfreesboro Police Department

Gunshot detection

The Murfreesboro Police Department uses gunshot detection technology.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WKRN News 2 Murfreesboro Police Department Website WKRN News 2

Rutherford County Sheriff's Office

Murfreesboro · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: Rutherford County

Body-worn & dashcam

The Rutherford County Sheriffs' Office received a $199,642 US Bureau of Justice Assistance grant for its body-worn camera program in 2022.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Bureau of Justice Assistance, US Department of Justice

Drones / UAS

The Rutherford County Sheriff's Office operates one drone as of 2017, 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 www.faa.gov www.facebook.com

Predictive policing Vendor: IBM

The Rutherford 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

La Vergne Police Department

La Vergne · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of La Vergne

ALPR

The La Vergne Police Department has been using automated license plate readers since at least 2022.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): FOX 17 WZTV Nashville

Middle Tennessee State University Police Department

Middle Tennessee State · 1 deployment

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Middle Tennessee State University Police Department operates six Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Smyrna Police Department

Smyrna · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Town of Smyrna

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Smyrna Police Department operates 28 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

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