Flock & ALPR Cameras in Pittsboro, North Carolina
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around Pittsboro — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Contract Canceled
Pittsboro is on the record here. The Pittsboro town board voted 4-1 to cancel its contract for the controversial system of license-plate readers, siding with privacy rights.
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No new reports near Pittsboro in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:16 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Pittsboro
The readers mapped around Pittsboro break down as 6 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in May 2025; the most recent in Dec 2025.
- Lowes Drive — 3 readers
- Moncure Pittsboro Road — 1 reader
- Russet Run — 1 reader
- Northwood Boulevard — 1 reader
Pittsboro NC PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Pittsboro NC PD runs 9 cameras of its own, has logged 25 plate-database searches, has captured 72,384 vehicle records. Its network connects to 18 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Pittsboro in the Chatham County picture
Chatham County has 19 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,212 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 78,319 residents and 1,799 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 42.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 6 traffic.
Camera activity around Pittsboro, last 30 days
4 removed in our hourly change log for Pittsboro. Latest change logged Aug 17, 2026.
What’s watching Pittsboro
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 Pittsboro — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Pittsboro (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Pittsboro
What you can do in Pittsboro
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 Pittsboro
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).