Lauren Pinkston is an independent candidate for governor of Tennessee in 2026 and a former educator. She taught elementary school and later business at Lipscomb University. She also co-founded Kindred Exchange and worked on employment programs for survivors of human trafficking.
Case
Networked automated license-plate cameras can assemble searchable records of vehicle movements. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to ban the systems, keep them with limits, or defend them as investigative tools. This tracker separates outright bans from narrower restrictions.
Role at the time: Independent candidate for Tennessee governor
Statement summary
Pinkston supports limited ALPR use for investigations with short retention, verified matches, case-linked searches, and controlled interagency sharing.
“Tennesseans should be free from a surveillance state.”
Pinkston would permit investigative use under conditions, rather than eliminate the systems.
Statement dates: September 27, 2026
Statement dates: September 27, 2026
Statement dates: September 27, 2026
Statement dates: September 27, 2026
