Dane Scalise is a North Carolina attorney, small-business owner and vice-chair of the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners. He joined the board in 2023 and previously served as a deputy commissioner of the North Carolina Industrial Commission. He is the Republican candidate for North Carolina House District 20 in 2026.
Case
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: New Hanover County commissioner and Republican candidate for North Carolina House District 20
Statement summary
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.”
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.
Statement dates: September 23, 2026
Statement dates: September 23, 2026
Statement dates: September 23, 2026
