You Are Not Alone in This
Ending ALPR surveillance is a fight thousands are already in — nationally, across the South, and town by town in North Carolina. Here’s who’s organizing, so you can find them, link arms, and join in. Running an effort in your NC town? Tell us and we’ll list you.
Our movement is only as strong as our relationships. We cross-link on purpose — a win anywhere is a blueprint everywhere.
“You’ve got civil libertarians who voted proudly for Harris and civil libertarians who’ve got a MAGA hat in their closet, and they’re united on this issue.”
— Chris Cooper, chair of political science, Western Carolina University
Organizing in another North Carolina town? We drafted a model ‘public-vote-first’ resolution any board of commissioners or council can adopt — a public vote before deployment, nationwide data-sharing shut off, mandatory monthly external audits, and hard vendor limits. The floor if a board won’t remove the technology.
We’re filming short, 20–30-second videos of everyday residents — every age, background, and party — saying, in their own words, why warrantless Flock surveillance worries them. A mom, a veteran, a gun owner, a nurse, a pastor, a student, an immigrant, an attorney — all landing on the same line: no warrant, no cameras. You record it on your phone; we help with the rest. Prefer not to show your face? We can film you in silhouette or run just your voice.
The Movement Nationwide
The national movement — founded by Will Freeman — and the Aug 16–22 National Week of Action
The crowdsourced global map of ALPR cameras — report the ones near you
“Get the Flock Out” — national campaign and organizing toolkit
Street-Level Surveillance and the Atlas of Surveillance
“FLOCK Out” — national day-of-action organizing
Search released Flock audit data. Note: NC plate data is confidential by statute, so a North Carolina plate typically surfaces only in another state’s released records
National surveillance-news hub and the National Record Index — camera counts, a cancellation tracker, and local coverage by state (we’re listed there as DeFlock Wilmington)
Regional Allies
Southerners Against Surveillance Systems & Infrastructure — primers and obtained records
FOIA data and analysis on Flock and ALPR vendors
The NC Effort
Communities across the state are pushing back. The live status of each — canceled, contested, and active — lives on our statewide tracker; this is who’s organizing.
New Hanover County & Wilmington — the home of this site
Statewide — independent group tracking ALPR deployments across North Carolina, from the Highway Patrol to Granville County; maps, records, and reporting (unaffiliated with DeFlock.org)
Wilmington — a grassroots rapid-response network of volunteers, business owners & organizers (on Instagram & Substack) that has amplified this campaign to its local base
Apex, Garner, Raleigh, Durham — resident-led pushback across the Triangle
Wake County — the standard-setter: published Flock sharing-snapshot records, independent audit charts, a full draft ALPR governance ordinance, and a live council vote tracker
Macon County voted 5–0 to defund Flock and remove the cameras; Hillsborough, Pittsboro & Chatham County ended theirs too — NC communities are walking away by town and county vote
Asheville, Buncombe & Madison County — packed meetings and a fight over the right to speak
Mitchell, Yancey & Avery counties — the Blue Ridge De-Flock effort, with a public-records “Flock Corral” and testimony to county commissioners
Madison County — a resident group documenting the Sheriff’s Office’s refused records requests, the 1,200-searches-in-60-days audit, and organizing public comment at the Board of Commissioners
Union County — a resident group organizing against Flock/ALPR mass surveillance in Union County, NC
Stand Up Publicly — On Your Terms
Numbers move commissioners; names move them more. If you want the County to see a real New Hanover resident behind this, add yours below — and only yours. We never publish petition signers, we never show your email, and you decide exactly what appears. Ask us to remove you anytime, and it’s gone.
We’ll list only your first name and area — like “Sarah — Ogden.” Your email is never shown, never sold, never shared. This is a public listing you’re choosing; one click unsubscribes and removes you. Prefer to stay private? The petition and the meeting reminders don’t list anyone.
New Hanover Neighbors on the Record
This list grows as residents opt in above. Every name here asked to be listed — no one was added from the petition or the mailing list.
Be the first name your commissioners see. Add yours above — it takes ten seconds.
Send us your group, your site, and your status. We’ll add you to the directory and the tracker, cross-link you, and share the records and language that worked here. The more of us link up, the harder we are to ignore.
You’re not a suspect. So stop being tracked like one.
It takes one minute. Add your name, then tell your county commissioners to cancel the Flock contract.