Cameras and surveillance

License plate readers, camera networks and the contracts behind them.

items and write-ups

governments

10 Nov 2025

first taken up

114

speakers, across 13 meetings with captions

What this count cannot see

A contract can appear once, under a trade name, and never again. Absence here is not evidence a town has no cameras.

Who took it up, and when

Each government's first appearance in the window, in order. The bar is where in the window it landed, so a subject that swept the region in one season and one that trickled across two years read differently at a glance.

First appearance by government, 13 Oct 2025 to 13 Oct 2026
#	Government	First seen	Gap
1	Durham County	10 Nov 2025	first
2	Town of Hillsborough	10 Nov 2025	same day
3	Town of Pittsboro	8 Dec 2025	3 weeks later
4	Town of Apex	29 Jan 2026	7 weeks later
5	Chatham County	24 Mar 2026	7 weeks later
6	Town of Holly Springs	19 May 2026	8 weeks later
7	Town of Garner	8 Jun 2026	19 days later
8	Town of Fuquay-Varina	8 Sep 2026	3 months later

Month by month

Items mentioning this subject per month across the window.

Which words did the matching

A subject carried entirely by one phrase is a different finding from one carried by six. These are the words the documents themselves used.

flock ×12
flock safety ×12
automated license plate ×11
alpr ×5
license plate reader ×5
body-worn camera ×2
facial recognition ×2
surveillance system ×2
drone program ×1
drone sense ×1
real-time crime center ×1
surveillance camera ×1

Governments with nothing on this

No item or write-up in this window mentions the subject in Chatham County Schools, City of Durham, City of Raleigh, City of Sanford, NC General Assembly, Orange County, Town of Cary, Town of Chapel Hill, Town of Knightdale, Town of Morrisville, Town of Wake Forest, Wake County, and Wake County Public School System. That is not proof nothing happened there. Two school boards and several towns publish agendas no program can read, and a subject can be discussed at length without a word of it reaching a printed agenda.

What was on the agenda

Items mentioning cameras and surveillance, newest first
Date	Government	Item	Matched	Public comment
10 Sep 2026	Town of Apex Town Council and advisory boards	Regular Town Council Meeting NOTE THURSDAY (from the meeting write-up)	`automated license plate`	7 spoke
8 Sep 2026	Town of Fuquay-Varina Board of Commissioners	Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting (from the meeting write-up)	`flock, license plate reader`	16 spoke
8 Sep 2026	Town of Fuquay-Varina Board of Commissioners	Public Comment	`flock, license plate reader`	16 spoke
25 Aug 2026	Town of Apex Town Council and advisory boards	Regular Town Council Meeting (from the meeting write-up)	`surveillance camera, automated license plate`	9 spoke
11 Aug 2026	Town of Apex Town Council and advisory boards	Regular Town Council Meeting (from the meeting write-up)	`drone program`	not read
11 Aug 2026	Town of Apex Town Council and advisory boards	Agreement Multi-Year - Axon - drone sense program and interview room	`drone sense`	not read
9 Jun 2026	Town of Apex Town Council and advisory boards	Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) Program Review and Update	`automated license plate, alpr`	not read
8 Jun 2026	Town of Garner Town Council Special Meeting	Council Discussion and Questions	`automated license plate, alpr`	not read
8 Jun 2026	Town of Garner Town Council Special Meeting	Town Council Special Meeting (from the meeting write-up)	`real-time crime center, automated license plate, alpr`	not read
19 May 2026	Town of Holly Springs Town Council	Town Council Business Meeting (from the meeting write-up)	`license plate reader`	2 spoke
12 May 2026	Town of Apex Town Council and advisory boards	Regular Town Council Meeting (from the meeting write-up)	`flock`	10 spoke
11 May 2026	Town of Pittsboro 1. Board of Commissioners (BOC)	Request: Flock Safety ALPR System	`flock safety, alpr, flock, facial recognition`	1 spoke
11 May 2026	Town of Pittsboro 1. Board of Commissioners (BOC)	Board of Commissioners Regular (from the meeting write-up)	`flock safety, license plate reader, facial recognition, flock`	1 spoke
20 Apr 2026	Chatham County Board of Commissioners	Board of Commissioners (from the meeting write-up)	`flock safety, flock`	34 spoke
20 Apr 2026	Chatham County Board of Commissioners	Discuss emerging technologies, data collection, and the contract with Flock Safety received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.	`flock safety`	34 spoke
20 Apr 2026	Chatham County Board of Commissioners	Discuss the contract with Flock Safety approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Karen Howard, seconded by C…	`flock safety`	34 spoke
14 Apr 2026	Town of Apex Town Council and advisory boards	Regular Town Council Meeting (from the meeting write-up)	`automated license plate, flock`	5 spoke
14 Apr 2026	Town of Apex Town Council and advisory boards	ITEM REMOVED - Automated License Plate Reader Program Update	`automated license plate`	5 spoke
13 Apr 2026	Town of Pittsboro 1. Board of Commissioners (BOC)	Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting Materials-6 p.m.-FINAL (from the meeting write-up)	`flock safety, license plate reader, flock`	6 spoke
13 Apr 2026	Town of Pittsboro 1. Board of Commissioners (BOC)	Presentation: Flock Safety ALPR Camera	`flock safety, alpr, automated license plate, flock`	6 spoke
6 Apr 2026	Chatham County Board of Commissioners	Board of Commissioners (from the meeting write-up)	`flock`	not read
24 Mar 2026	Town of Apex Town Council and advisory boards	Regular Town Council Meeting (from the meeting write-up)	`flock safety`	6 spoke
24 Mar 2026	Chatham County Board of Commissioners	Board of Commissioners (from the meeting write-up)	`flock safety, flock`	6 spoke
24 Feb 2026	Town of Apex Town Council and advisory boards	Regular Town Council Meeting (from the meeting write-up)	`flock`	9 spoke
11 Feb 2026	Town of Pittsboro 4. Parks and Recreation Advisory Board (PARAB)	Project Updates	`surveillance system`	not read
11 Feb 2026	Town of Pittsboro 4. Parks and Recreation Advisory Board (PARAB)	Parks and Recreation Advisory Board (from the meeting write-up)	`surveillance system`	not read
29 Jan 2026	Town of Apex Town Council and advisory boards	Apex Police Department Updates	`automated license plate`	not read
29 Jan 2026	Town of Apex Town Council and advisory boards	Town Council Work Session - January 2026 (from the meeting write-up)	`automated license plate`	not read
8 Dec 2025	Town of Pittsboro 1. Board of Commissioners (BOC)	Board of Commissioners Regular (from the meeting write-up)	`flock safety`	3 spoke
10 Nov 2025	Town of Hillsborough Board of Commissioners	Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting (from the meeting write-up)	`flock safety`	not read
10 Nov 2025	Town of Hillsborough Board of Commissioners	Audience comments not related to the printed agenda	`flock safety, automated license plate`	not read
10 Nov 2025	Durham County Board of County Commissioners	Regular Session (from the meeting write-up)	`body-worn camera`	not read
10 Nov 2025	Durham County Board of County Commissioners	Consent Agenda	`body-worn camera`	not read

Public comment is only known where a meeting's captions have been read, which is a small share of them. "Not read" means unknown, not zero.