Flock & ALPR Cameras in Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Volunteers have reported 73 automated license plate readers across Cabarrus County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Verkada Inc. camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Verkada Inc. camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Verkada Inc. camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Verkada Inc. camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 14 new license plate readers just reported around Pineville, NC. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Pineville
📷 11 new license plate readers just reported around Charlotte, NC. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Charlotte
How Cabarrus County compares nationally
Cabarrus County ranks #1,338 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 231,262 residents and 1,603 miles of county roads — 2.1188 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Cabarrus County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Cabarrus County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Cabarrus
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.