Flock & ALPR Cameras in Glen Alpine, North Carolina
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Glen Alpine — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Glen Alpine in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:10 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Glen Alpine
The readers mapped around Glen Alpine break down as 3 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2026; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Fortune Road — 1 reader
- NC 126 — 1 reader
- West Main Street — 1 reader
Glen Alpine in the Burke County picture
Burke County has 16 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,450 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 87,863 residents and 1,754 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 45.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic.
What’s watching Glen Alpine
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 Glen Alpine — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Glen Alpine (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Glen Alpine
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.
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Cameras near Glen Alpine
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).