Flock & ALPR Cameras in Chadbourn, North Carolina
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Chadbourn — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Chadbourn in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:58 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Chadbourn
The readers mapped around Chadbourn break down as 4 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Oct 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Clarendon Chadbourn Road — 1 reader
- Joe Brown Highway North — 1 reader
- Dessie Road — 1 reader
- Swamp Fox Highway West — 1 reader
Chadbourn NC PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Chadbourn NC PD runs 24 cameras of its own, has logged 32 plate-database searches, has captured 169,125 vehicle records. Its network connects to 2,118 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: 18th Judicial District Drug Task Force - TN PD, Abbeville SC PD, Aberdeen NC PD, Abington Township PA PD, Accomack County VA SO, Acworth GA PD, Adairsville GA PD, Adairville KY PD.
Chadbourn in the Columbus County picture
Columbus County has 9 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,460 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 50,453 residents and 2,335 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 66.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic.
What’s watching Chadbourn
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Chadbourn — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Chadbourn (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Chadbourn
- Chadbourn installs gunshot detection devices around town
- Chadbourn to add license plate reader cameras at town entrances, high crime areas
What you can do in Chadbourn
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Chadbourn
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).