Records Archive

Hamilton County, TN

Contracts & resolutions

• Nov. 15, 2023
  Resolution No. 1123-33, with Motorola/Vigilant vendor quotes and contract addenda Not yet posted

  The $1,184,929.16 license-plate reader purchase, with the five agency quotes (Oct. 10–16, 2023), hosting addenda, and contract acknowledgements. 40 pages.

  Hamilton County Board of Commissioners; Motorola Solutions / Vigilant Solutions

• March 22, 2024
  TDOT–Hamilton County Sheriff's Office ALPR license, Request No. 7221 Not yet posted

  The 10-year, $0 license to mount plate-reader cameras on state highway land, including the data-handling clause and Exhibit A's list of 49 camera sites.

  Tennessee Department of Transportation; Hamilton County Sheriff's Office

• July 22, 2024
  Flock Safety Order Form, fully executed Not yet posted

  The $51,000 FlockOS Elite platform package: 30-day retention, term and renewal terms, and the platform feature table, including FirstTwo Connection.

  Flock Group, Inc.; Hamilton County Sheriff's Office

Meeting records

• Nov. 15, 2023
  Hamilton County Commission regular meeting minutes Not yet posted

  Official minutes of the meeting where the purchase was debated and approved 11–0, including the Sheriff's answers to commissioners (pp. 30–34).

  Hamilton County Board of Commissioners (also posted at hamiltontn.gov)

• Sept. 22, 2026
  Chattanooga City Council meeting minutes (opens in new tab)

  Resolution #32997, approving a five-year Axon contract amended to require City Council review of license-plate reader equipment, installation, and service before deployment (pp. 2, 6–7).

  City of Chattanooga (official copy at chattanooga.gov) · Official external source

Correspondence

• Sept. 20, 2021
  Hotlist routing exchange with the state crime-database coordinator Not yet posted

  A request to send the daily plate hotlist to a Flock-run inbox, and the state coordinator's refusal.

  Hamilton County Sheriff's Office; Tennessee NCIC coordinator

• Oct. 15, 2021
  Motorola/Vigilant sales email on data sharing Not yet posted

  The vendor's statement that the priced system would allow sharing data "with any agency in the US that uses Vigilant," and the internal pricing questions that prompted it.

  Motorola/Vigilant Solutions; Hamilton County Sheriff's Office

• Nov. 1, 2022
  Chattanooga PD regional grant proposal Not yet posted

  A proposal pairing more fixed plate-reader cameras with facial recognition software using county mugshots.

  Chattanooga Police Department

• Nov. 8, 2022
  VCIF grant budget quotes Not yet posted

  Finalized quotes for the grant budget, listing Clearview AI, GrayKey, and i2 Analyst's Notebook alongside the plate-reader line item.

  Hamilton County Sheriff's Office

• Dec. 7, 2023
  Flock Safety network access pricing Not yet posted

  Flock's notice that, starting Jan. 1, 2024, access to its network would require $45,000 a year in spending.

  Flock Safety; Hamilton County Sheriff's Office

• Dec. 10, 2023
  Flock Safety four-camera quote Not yet posted

  Pricing for four Falcon cameras: $3,000 per camera per year plus installation, $12,600 for the first year.

  Flock Safety; Hamilton County Sheriff's Office

• Dec. 12, 2023
  Flock network fee waiver Not yet posted

  Confirmation that Flock would waive its network access fee for one year.

  Hamilton County Sheriff's Office

• Dec. 27, 2023
  Flock Safety contract sent for signature Not yet posted

  The DocuSign transmittal of the December 2023 Flock contract, signed the same day.

  Flock Safety; Hamilton County Sheriff's Office

Law

• April 4, 2014
  Public Chapter 625 (2014), enacting T.C.A. § 55-10-302 (opens in new tab)

  Tennessee's 90-day storage limit on license-plate reader data held by government agencies.

  Tennessee General Assembly (official text, Tennessee Secretary of State) · Official external source