Flock backlash growing in some Western NC communities

By: Walker Livingston, Carolina Public Press

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: August 27, 2026

Words: 1,993

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Law enforcement agencies across North Carolina have been using automatic license plate reader, or ALPR, technology quietly for the past several years to little knowledge of residents. But this technology has become controversial nationwide and synonymous with Flock cameras, which take images of license plates at a singular point in time and enter them into a database where artificial intelligence catalogs vehicle characteristics, like a vehicle’s make, model and color.

Communities in rural parts of …

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