County record · Tennessee

Unicoi County

2 Deployments on record

2 Agencies

2 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 1 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · none on record Gunshot detection · none on record 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

The record, by agency

Erwin Police Department

Erwin · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Erwin

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Erwin Police Department operates three Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Unicoi County Sheriff's Office

Erwin · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Unicoi County

Predictive policing Vendor: IBM

The Unicoi 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