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Win
The jurisdiction decided against the cameras: not renewed, not pursued, or cancelled.
Partial win
Use was suspended, paused, or narrowed, but the agreement itself still stands.
Ongoing
Live dispute. A vote, a review, or a removal question is still unresolved.
Contract retained
The jurisdiction kept the cameras, whatever the public turnout looked like.
Removal verified
Reporting confirms the hardware actually came down, not just that a vote happened.
Safety review
The installation itself is under challenge on road-safety or permitting grounds, separately from any privacy or contract question.
Deployment expanded
A new contract was signed or an existing one grew. Recorded because a tracker that only counts wins is advertising.
Partial winKnox County, Tennessee

A different Knox County, in Tennessee, paused a plan for nearly 300 Flock cameras

Published by
WVLT
Date
Location
Knox County, Tennessee
Status
Partial win

Knox County, Tennessee is a separate place from the Knox County in Ohio that declined Flock in the same fortnight, and the two are easy to confuse. Sheriff Tom Spangler paused installation of new plate readers after privacy objections from residents and from other county leaders, having proposed a rollout of almost 300 cameras. Existing cameras keep running. County Mayor Glenn Jacobs and Commissioner Adam Thompson issued a joint statement saying the cameras have no place in the county, with Jacobs pointing to the absence of state or federal regulation protecting privacy and civil liberties. The commission voted unanimously to continue the conversation. Nothing is cancelled: this is a pause on an expansion, with the question of what happens to the existing deployment still open.

From the reporting

  • Sheriff Tom Spangler paused new installations; roughly 300 cameras had been proposed.
  • Cameras already installed continue to operate.
  • County Mayor Glenn Jacobs and Commissioner Adam Thompson issued a joint statement opposing the cameras.
  • Jacobs: "There’s virtually no state or federal regulation protecting our privacy and protecting our civil liberties."
  • The county commission voted unanimously to keep discussing the programme.
  • Distinct from Knox County, Ohio. Same name, different state, different decision.

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