Scalise backed ending his county's Flock contract
Dane ScaliseNew Hanover County commissioner and Republican candidate for North Carolina House District 20
North Carolina House candidate and New Hanover County commissioner Dane Scalise said he moved to cancel the county's Flock contract. He supports shorter retention and stronger state limits, but left open whether any version of the technology could satisfy his civil-liberties concerns.
“I recently made the motion to cancel Flock's ALPR contract with New Hanover County.”
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Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
Networked automated license-plate readers record passing vehicles and let agencies search or share travel records across locations. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to prohibit these networks, keep them with legal limits, or defend their use for investigations. This tracker records attributable positions on that choice, including proposals that would affect only public funding or data access.
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Scalise's written answer appears in a Port City Daily candidate questionnaire linked from the paper's September 23, 2026, election roundup.
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Port City Daily's September 23 election roundup linked a questionnaire asking legislative candidates whether North Carolina should reduce the storage period for Flock camera data.
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Scalise said he supported a shorter storage period, stronger guardrails and greater penalties for abuse, while noting those measures might still not resolve his concerns.
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Why this label?
Scalise opposed the county's existing Flock contract and called for statewide safeguards, but did not explicitly propose banning every license-plate reader in North Carolina.
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