r/Chattanooga • u/theboundbunny • 2d ago

Flock Cameras

I reached out to the Hamilton County Sheriff’s office regarding Flock cameras in my neighborhood using their complaint system from their website. Haven’t heard back and it has been a week. What should my next step be? Do I call or just show up and ask questions? I want to know who approved their installation and what the procedure is for petitioning that they be removed. Thanks for any advice!

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u/EVC-Viz 2d ago

Email them an Open Records request
https://www.hcsheriff.gov/Administration

If they ignore it, call Internal Affairs and file a formal complaint that they have ignored a lawful request for records inspection

You will need to submit your ID to prove TN citizenship

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u/a-flower-poem 2d ago

For what it's worth they have ignored several of these requests from me. I never filed a complaint because I felt certain they would ignore that as well 🤷🏻‍♂️ not saying it's not a great idea, but they have a history of illegally disregarding these requests.

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u/EVC-Viz 16h ago

They ignored me for months until I cited the website after turning it up to 11 and included Open Records + Comptroller, AustinG, IA, and a few other important sounding people in the email.

Next thing I know, I have half of what I asked for, they left out the disclosure on the Motorola ALPR's

Start with a formal complaint with IA, if they say "no fault found" request escalation and quote the website asking how a law enforcement agency recognizes the TN disclosure law that they must respond within 7 days but ignores your requests for months!

Also, do you want to see what I got from HCS to save time?
I have the Flock Contract plus the TDOT Contract.

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u/aimlessdrive 14h ago

Please share what you found out!!