Flock & ALPR Cameras in Surf City, North Carolina
Volunteers have reported 10 automated license plate readers in and around Surf City — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Surf City in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 00:34 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Surf City
The readers mapped around Surf City break down as 10 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2024; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- NC 210 — 3 readers
- North New River Drive — 2 readers
- South Topsail Drive — 1 reader
- Hispaniola Lane — 1 reader
- US 17;NC 210 — 1 reader
- Wilkes Lane — 1 reader
- Surf City — 1 reader
Surf City NC PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Surf City NC PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 25 other agencies.
Surf City in the Pender County picture
Pender County has 15 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,233 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 63,475 residents and 1,535 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 44.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 10 traffic. Operators named on the record: Flock Safety (3).
Camera activity around Surf City, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Surf City. Latest change logged Aug 17, 2026.
What’s watching Surf City
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 Surf City — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Surf City (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Surf City
- On the agenda: Surf City 10/06/2026 - October 6, 2026 — flock camera (Oct 6)
- On the agenda: Surf City 09/17/2026 - September 17, 2026 — Automated License Plate (Sep 17)
What you can do in Surf City
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 Surf City
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).