Name: North Carolina: Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist? Tracker data
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North Carolina: Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?

Compare sourced statements from candidates and officials in North Carolina on license-plate camera networks.

This tracker covers fixed camera networks that log passing vehicles and let agencies search their movements. A warrant rule, a funding pause or a shorter retention period is not the same as a ban, so each statement is placed on the specific remedy the speaker supports. Each position names its speaker and links its source.

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Casey Walawender

Democratic candidate for Jackson County Board of Commissioners, District 1 (North Carolina)

Democrat / North Carolina / Jackson County / District 1

Ban or remove

If I had to vote on this issue right now, I would vote to defund them.

Jackson County commission candidate Casey Walawender said that if she had to vote on the issue now, she would vote to defund the county's Flock cameras.

Sep 23, 2026 · Source: Jackson Commission candidates discuss school bond, library, Flock, and more

Statement details Speaker profile

Stateor

End the network

Ban the cameras or cancel the contract.

1 Democrat

Restrict it

Cut funding, pause, require warrants, or limit how data is kept and shared.

3 Republican6 Democrat

Keep using it

Defend current use as an investigative tool.

Republicans and Democrats both appear on 2 of the 7 steps in North Carolina. 10 statements from officials and candidates are counted in North Carolina.

Candidates in the same race

Races where more than one candidate has a recorded position, ordered by how far apart the candidates are on the steps above.

North Carolina House District 20

state

DSTM

BanKeep

Dane ScaliseRepublicanLimit retention and use
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.
Sep 23, 2026 · Source: Dane Scalise 2026 candidate questionnaire
Tim MerrickDemocratLimit retention and use
North Carolina House candidate Tim Merrick said license-plate readers can help police, but he supports reducing the state's data-retention limit from 90 days to seven days, with exceptions for specific investigations and stronger access controls.
Sep 23, 2026 · Source: Tim Merrick 2026 candidate questionnaire

How positions are placed

Each statement is placed on the strongest remedy the speaker firmly supports. When a speaker offers alternatives, such as a ban or tighter regulation, the statement is placed on the milder one. A placement describes that statement alone. It does not summarize everything the speaker has said.

Criticism of misuse is not, by itself, a call to end the cameras. Statements that criticize the systems without naming a remedy are listed separately. Companies, advocacy groups and researchers appear for reference and are not counted in the totals.

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