Your Daily Guide

📹 Flock Cameras at Airport

At least 10 AI-powered Flock surveillance cameras have been in use at Nashville International Airport to track license plates since 2024. While the Metro Nashville Police Department doesn’t have access to license plate readers due to community opposition, the Metro Nashville Airport Authority has its own police department. The LPR data is also accessible to thousands of law enforcement agencies around the country. [Nashville Banner]

• MNPD’s “Drone as First Responder” pilot program will end today. In response to criticism, councilmembers have proposed legislation that would significantly limit “temporary basis” exemptions for the use of surveillance technology like this. [Nashville Scene]

🧑‍⚖️ The Local Attorney Making Bank on Trump Pardons

Nashville attorney Alex Little, once known for defending survivors of sexual harassment, has pivoted to the lucrative business of appealing to the Trump administration to secure pardons for high-profile cases. Little’s cases include securing pardons for former Tennessee state Sen. Brian Kelsey, who was found guilty of federal finance charges, and reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were convicted of bank fraud and tax evasion. [Nashville Scene]

🏗️ Will Black Voices Be Included in Street’s Changes?

In the early 20th century, Jefferson Street was a cultural and economic hub, central to the Black music scene and Civil Rights Movement. When Interstate 40 tore through the neighborhood, “It took a whole lot out,” according to Andre Prince Jeffries, the matriarch of Prince’s Hot Chicken. Earlier this year, developers broke ground on the Renaissance on Jefferson project, which includes apartments and retail space. But questions remain about who benefits from redevelopments like this, and whether the street’s Black voices are central to the conversation about how it should change. [🔐 The Tennessean]

🏙️ What Cities Are Wondering

Today on the pod, we’ve got a special episode of Your City Could be Better, City Cast’s national podcast. As much as you love Nashville, city living inherently means sharing space and resources with your neighbors, and y’all certainly have complaints, questions, and quandaries. City Cast CEO David Plotz is joined by City Cast DC and City Cast Seattle hosts to respond to called-in dilemmas, from when it’s acceptable to intervene on a bike path to what to do about that neighbor that really lets it all hang out. [🎧 Your City Could Be Better]