Casey Walawender is a social worker in Jackson County, North Carolina, who has done mental health work in Jackson County Public Schools and previously managed a residential treatment facility for teenage boys. She holds a degree from Western Carolina University and a master's in social work, and is a Democrat.
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Networked automated license-plate cameras can assemble searchable records of vehicle movements. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to ban the systems, keep them with limits, or defend them as investigative tools. This tracker separates outright bans from narrower restrictions.
Role at the time: Democratic candidate for Jackson County Board of Commissioners, District 1 (North Carolina)
Statement summary
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.
“If I had to vote on this issue right now, I would vote to defund them.”
The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Walawender said that if she had to vote now she would vote to defund the county's Flock cameras. Voting to end funding for the county's cameras is a call to stop using them.
Statement dates: September 23, 2026
Statement dates: September 23, 2026
Statement dates: September 23, 2026
Statement dates: September 23, 2026
