Flock & ALPR Cameras in Mebane, North Carolina
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Mebane — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Mebane 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 Mebane
The readers mapped around Mebane break down as 5 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Lowes Boulevard — 4 readers
- I 40;I 85 — 1 reader
Mebane NC PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Mebane NC PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 56 other agencies.
Mebane in the Alamance County picture
Alamance County has 62 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #869 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 174,286 residents and 1,824 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 18.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (3).
What’s watching Mebane
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 Mebane — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Mebane (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Mebane
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 Mebane
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).