Flock & ALPR Cameras in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Volunteers have reported 458 automated license plate readers across Mecklenburg 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 Flock Safety 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 Mecklenburg County compares nationally
Mecklenburg County ranks #1,176 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 1,130,906 residents and 3,682 miles of county roads — 2.5201 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Mecklenburg
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.