Flock & ALPR Cameras in Wake County, North Carolina
Volunteers have reported 385 automated license plate readers across Wake County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 29 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 29 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 27 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 27 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 38 new license plate readers just reported around Wake Forest, NC. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #WakeForest
How Wake County compares nationally
Wake County ranks #1,140 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 1,151,009 residents and 4,649 miles of county roads — 2.6151 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Wake 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 Wake County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Wake
- 38 license plate readers reported removed near Wake Forest, NC
- 11 license plate readers reported removed near Wake Forest, NC
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Wake Forest, NC
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Wake Forest, NC
What you can do in Wake
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.