Flock & ALPR Cameras in Wilkes County, North Carolina
Volunteers have reported 20 automated license plate readers across Wilkes County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 15 License plate reader newly reported
- Sep 15 License plate reader newly reported
- Sep 15 License plate reader newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
How Wilkes County compares nationally
Wilkes County ranks #1,101 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 65,983 residents and 2,776 miles of county roads — 2.728 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Wilkes 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 Wilkes County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Wilkes
- SHERIFF: Lenoir County Flock camera system helps find missing Wilkes County man
- 2 new license plate readers reported around North Wilkesboro, NC
What you can do in Wilkes
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.