Flock & ALPR Cameras in Cleveland County, North Carolina
Volunteers have reported 43 automated license plate readers across Cleveland County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 28 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 27 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 22 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Cleveland County compares nationally
Cleveland County ranks #1,259 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 100,170 residents and 1,913 miles of county roads — 2.2961 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Cleveland 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 Cleveland County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Cleveland
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.