Upcoming Meetings: Where to Be Heard
New Hanover County canceled its Flock contract on September 8, 2026 — a win residents won by showing up. But a county vote reaches only the county’s cameras. And the county kept eight live-video Condor cameras the plate-reader vote didn’t touch — the next New Hanover turnout is Monday, October 19 to demand those come down too. The fight now runs from Raleigh down to the five Cape Fear counties and the towns inside them. Below is when and where the public can be heard at each. Where we are actively engaged — like the New Hanover Condor fight on October 19 — we say so; the rest is posted so you know the dates. If one of these is your community, consider going and speaking. The one thing that always helps: sign the petition.
Take the Condors Down — Commissioners meeting, Monday, October 19, 2026
You won the first round: on September 8 the Board voted 4–0 to pull the Flock plate readers and the County asked Flock for a $53,571.43 refund. But read the rest of the sentence — the County’s own termination letter says “no changes to the Condor cameras portion of the contract.” The county kept eight live-video Condor cameras — the ones that don’t read plates. They watch people. Public comment is open to any resident. Come tell the Board to finish the job: cancel the Condor portion and take all eight down.
9:00 AM · New Hanover County Historic Courthouse, 24 N. 3rd Street, Room 301, Wilmington · public comment open — arrive ~15 minutes early to sign in
Why the Condors are the real fight → Email the Commissioners →North Carolina — the statewide front
The biggest decisions are made in Raleigh. The 2026 state budget (S.L. 2026-41) made the SBI’s highway plate-reader program permanent and put ALPR cameras on state-maintained roads — enacted inside a larger bill, with no stand-alone vote on surveillance. No ALPR bill is currently scheduled for a floor vote, so the highest-impact state action right now is pressing the people who decide what reaches the floor.
The Governor & legislative leadership
Ask Gov. Josh Stein, Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger, and House Speaker Destin Hall to allow a stand-alone, recorded vote on ALPR oversight — warrants, external audits, and an end to default nationwide sharing — and to repeal the right-of-way build-out. Where your legislators stand →
Contact them in one click →Cape Fear beach towns
Each of these coastal towns runs its own Flock cameras, wired into the same nationwide network. Public comment is open at every one — usually three minutes, your name and address.
Carolina Beach Town Council — next: Tuesday, October 13
Council Chambers · 1121 N. Lake Park Blvd
Five Flock plate readers, searched about three million times in a single quarter — overwhelmingly by out-of-state agencies. (Town page)
Agendas & dates →Kure Beach Town Council — next: Monday, October 19
Town Hall Council Chambers · 117 Settlers Lane
Four Flock readers, searched 2.56 million times in five months — 92.5% from outside North Carolina. (Our audit)
Agendas & dates →Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen — next: Tuesday, October 13
Town Hall · 321 Causeway Drive
Four Flock readers — and on Sept 8 the Town removed an officer for misusing them, now under SBI review. (misuse tracker)
Agendas & dates →Surf City Town Council — next: Tuesday, November 3
Municipal Complex · 214 W. Florence Way · public comment open
Surf City (Pender/Topsail) has run Flock since November 2023 and shares its network with 187 agencies — including out-of-state police and the NC SBI. The ask: review the sharing list and put any renewal to a recorded public vote. (the records)
Agendas & dates →Cape Fear counties
Brunswick, Pender, and Columbus run their own Sheriff’s Office Flock networks — the subject of our Cape Fear investigation — and Onslow runs Plate Ranger, a different ALPR vendor with the same questions. Commissioners hold public comment at every regular meeting.
Brunswick County Commissioners — next evening meeting: Monday, October 19, 2026
Commissioners’ Chambers · David R. Sandifer Admin Building, 30 Government Center Dr NE, Bolivia · public comment open
On Sept. 21 the Board voted 5–0 to pause new ALPR purchases and “review” Flock for 30 days — but set no date for an actual vote. A commissioner revealed a reader in every deputy’s vehicle and a second system, Airship AI pole cameras, bought with no public vote. Don’t let it get buried. Be in the room and speak — tell the Board to finish the job with a public vote to end it. (what we know about Brunswick)
Agendas & dates →Pender County Commissioners — next: Monday, October 19, 2026
Public Assembly Room · 805 S. Walker St, Burgaw · public comment open
The Board approved the Sheriff’s eight Flock cameras on a consent agenda — no standalone debate, no recorded vote — and the office has withheld the audit logs that would show who searches them. The ask: put it to a public, recorded vote and cancel it. (Cape Fear investigation)
Email the Board → Agendas & dates →Columbus County Commissioners — next: Monday, October 19
127 W. Webster St · Whiteville
The Sheriff’s Office runs its own Flock network; where a neighbor released its logs, Whiteville’s nine cameras drew 1.1M outside searches in four months. (Whiteville records)
Agendas & dates →Onslow County Commissioners — next: Monday, October 19 (evening)
Government Center · 234 NW Corridor Blvd, Jacksonville
The Sheriff’s Office runs 12 Plate Ranger readers countywide — a different vendor than Flock, but the same warrantless tracking and the same unanswered questions about who can search the data. (Town page)
Agendas & dates →Before you go
Dates and times can change — confirm on each body’s official agenda page (linked above) before you head out, and arrive about 15 minutes early to sign up for public comment. Keep it to one clear ask: take the cameras down. You don’t have to be an expert — you’re a resident who didn’t consent to being tracked without a warrant.
This page is awareness, not a DeFlockILM-called action — we’ll say clearly if that changes. Meanwhile, the highest-impact thing anyone can do is sign and share the petition.
You’re not a suspect. So stop being tracked like one.
It takes one minute. Add your name — then tell the officials who represent you to take the cameras down.