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Whites Creek students pitch expanded recovery court, mental-health beds, Barnes Fund boost and cautious use of LPR cameras

Metro Nashville Council Chambers · April 10, 2026
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Summary

Students from Whites Creek High proposed expanding Davidson County Recovery Court, funding inpatient mental-health programs and the Barnes Fund for affordable housing, increasing MMPD staffing and implementing license-plate-reader cameras with community safeguards; council members and officials emphasized community engagement and asked agencies to follow up on transit and bus safety training.

Students from Whites Creek High School presented a multi-part public-safety proposal urging the city to expand the Davidson County Recovery Court, increase inpatient mental-health capacity, boost funding for the Barnes Fund to spur affordable housing, thoughtfully implement license-plate-reader (LPR) cameras with transparency safeguards, and invest in Metro Nashville Police Department staffing and training facilities.

"The Davidson County Recovery Court program has done a great job of providing transformative treatment," said Joey…

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