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Mayor Crawford moved to cancel Flock. Nobody seconded it. Cameras stay.

UC Now and the Main Street Journal reported October 14, 2026, on the October 13 regular meeting. Mayor R.J. Crawford moved to cancel the city’s Flock contracts and remove the cameras. He said if he had to answer whether the juice is worth the squeeze on Flock cameras, his answer is no. No other member seconded the motion. It failed. The seven cameras stay.

December is the next council. At the October 6 work session, deferral to the incoming council was already one option on the table. UC Now reported that the new member for the vacant seat is sworn in December 5. The city roster archived Aug. 14, 2026 lists December 3 as the end of the current terms for the mayor and two members. Crawford told the October 13 meeting that taking the cameras down now would not stop a later council from putting them back. This failed motion does not close the question for the council sworn in this December.

Sources: UC Now (Oct. 14, 2026) · Main Street Journal (Oct. 14, 2026) · UC Now (July 29, 2026, swearing-in) · City Council roster archived Aug. 14, 2026 · Agenda: Legistar PDF. Home spotlight: news.

Council heard a Flock presentation and put the cameras on the Oct. 13 agenda.

3B Media reported October 8, 2026, on the Tuesday, October 6 work session. A resident urged cancellation during public comment. Police Chief Jesse Brooks and Detective Tyrel Lorenz delivered a department presentation. Brooks said the city operates seven cameras, down from an original 10 because of construction and damage. Staff said the current contract expires in February 2027 and that invoices would not be paid beyond that point without a decision. Council agreed to place Flock on the next regular meeting agenda for further discussion and possible action, which could include non-renewal, deferral to the incoming council, or other options. That incoming council is sworn in this December. UC Now reported the new member for the vacant seat is sworn in December 5. The city roster archived Aug. 14, 2026 lists December 3 as the end of the current terms for the mayor and two members.

The advance notice for that work session came from 3B Media archived Oct. 5, 2026 on October 2. What happened next: the October 13 motion died, and the cameras stay.

Sources: 3B Media (Oct. 8, 2026) · 3B Media (Oct. 2, 2026) archived Oct. 5, 2026. Home feed: Oct. 8 card.

Residents asked again. Council still did not vote.

3B Media archived Sept. 6, 2026 reported that the Tuesday, September 1, 2026 work session was packed. Three speakers asked the city to cancel Flock, publish local recoveries and arrest numbers, and put written access rules and audits on the record. They pointed to Knox County’s August 31 ban. One speaker said public-records requests still have not produced a signed contract. This site now hosts a city-held signed Flock services agreement, DocuSigned February 14, 2023. City Attorney Randy York’s August 12 position—that a Sixth Circuit decision and Tennessee’s plate-display rule leave no expectation of privacy in a tag—was already on the table. Speakers treated a searchable citywide log as a warrantless search instead. Council did not take a Flock vote. Other items moved toward formal votes at the next regular meeting, Tuesday, September 8, 6 p.m. at City Hall. Bring neighbors. Same ask: cancel and remove the cameras.

York’s privacy argument is on the home page. Knox County’s ban: Tennessee.

Source: 3B Media (Sept. 2, 2026) archived Sept. 6, 2026. Next regular meeting: City Hall, 2nd Tuesday, 6 p.m.

Ask every candidate, on the record, where they stand on Flock

Public answers, including who has not answered, are on the Election 2026 page.

3B Media archived Aug. 23, 2026 published the Cumberland County Election Commission’s qualifying list on Aug. 20, 2026. City election day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Early voting is Oct. 14 through Oct. 29. That story lists names. It does not quote a Flock or license-plate-reader position from any of them. Wyatt later told this site’s admin in a text message that if he had to make a decision today, he “would not support” having them up. That answer is on the scorecard. On Sept. 15, 2026, Melinda Kelsey emailed that she is researching additional information regarding Flock; that is on the scorecard too. On Sept. 16, 2026, Greg Wood emailed that he believes anything associated with AI needs guardrails; that is on the scorecard too. On Sept. 17, 2026, Robbie Poore emailed that other cities are not evidence Crossville PD has misused the system; that is on the scorecard too. On Sept. 18, 2026, he emailed that he supports making substantially more information about Crossville’s Flock use public without repeated records requests, including the contract, policies, and regular reporting.

The live ask is cancel, remove, and ban—plus a voter referendum before any return. If they will not give a clear yes, ask what it would take. Get a yes, a no, or a dodge you can quote.

Ask them at forums, on their campaign pages, at the door, and in letters the paper will print. Sitting councilmember Turner already has a city inbox: mike.turner@crossvilletn.gov. Challengers in that 3B list did not publish campaign emails there. Do not use a city form as if they already hold the seat. Answers go on the Election 2026 scorecard.

Source: 3B Media, Aug. 20, 2026 archived Aug. 23, 2026. Confirm the sample ballot with the Cumberland County Election Commission before you vote.

Other questions worth asking

There is no remaining City Council meeting before this renewal. These questions still belong on the record. The live ask is cancel the contract and remove the cameras.

• Is Flock used, or allowed to be used, for moving-violation tickets in Crossville? Is a Flock Wing License, speed-camera ingest, or Speed Feedback Trailer in the live contract? Will council put a written ban on traffic-ticket use in the agreement? (background)
• Is any Flock drone / Drone as First Responder product in the live Crossville contract, on a trial, or in a quote? The CEO now says drones are the company’s fastest-growing line (Business Insider / All-In). Publish a yes or no.
• Who can search Crossville plate reads, for what reasons, and with what supervisor approval?
• Which outside agencies, including federal, can see or query Crossville’s data, and what written guarantees exist after Flock changed its story on federal access?
• Can police outside Cumberland County search our plates? Is Crossville enrolled in Flock’s National Lookup nationwide sharing program, and which out-of-state or federal agencies can request local reads?
• Is FreeForm enabled (type a description, including clothing or people, and search camera footage)? Who can run it, and how is it audited?
• Does Crossville have Multi-Geo and/or Convoy Search (tools that track a plate across cities or flag cars that travel together)? Who can run them, with what supervisor approval, and will the city publish use counts?
• Has council compared Flock’s public “no facial recognition / no race-gender” marketing with what its patent claims about searching people by appearance, and will the city publish which features are enabled?
• Does Crossville’s live Flock contract include a vendor “upgrades to platform” clause? Yes: §2.12 of the signed agreement lets Flock, in its sole discretion, upgrade the platform. Who is notified if people-search or demographic features change?
• Are Investigations Manager / Multi-State Insights or other AI “suspicious activity” pattern tools enabled (ACLU analysis archived Aug. 13, 2026), and how do they relate to Multi-Geo / Convoy?
• Has Crossville received any notice of the Dec. 2025 open Condor (Flock people-tracking video camera) livestream exposure, the 51 cybersecurity findings / related CVEs, or overseas annotation of U.S. imagery, and what models/security terms are in the live contract?
• Will Crossville publish retention settings under TCA § 55-10-302 archived May 5, 2025? A map and monthly reports help, but they are not a substitute for removing the cameras.

More background: Who Is Flock Safety?: MaryvillePrivacy.org archived Aug. 22, 2026