County record · North Carolina

Buncombe County

14 Deployments on record

7 Agencies

4 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 4 Fixed cameras & RTCC · 3 Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 6 Doorbell & camera registry · none on record Cell-site simulators · none on record Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

Asheville Police Department

Asheville · 4 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Asheville

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Asheville Police Department operates Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of June 2025. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock Safety

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Asheville Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Asheville Police Department City of Asheville Police Department Asheville Police Department Facebook page

Drones / UAS

The Asheville Police Department uses drones and has a drone-as-first-responder program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Asheville Citizen-Times DJI Enterprise

Fixed cameras & RTCC

The Asheville Police Department will spend approximately $325,000 for a real time crime center.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): BPR

Biltmore Forest Police Department

Biltmore Forest · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: Town of Biltmore Forest

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Biltmore Forest Police Department operates two Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Wolfcom

The Biltmore Forest Police Department uses Wolfcom body-worn cameras, according to a testimonial on the company's website.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Wolfcom OneZero

Fixed cameras & RTCC Vendor: Flock Safety

The Biltmore Forest Police Department operates 24 Condor cameras from Flock Safety as of September 2025. The cameras are paired with video analytics software.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Black Mountain Police Department

Black Mountain · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Town of Black Mountain

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Black Mountain Police Department operates five Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: VieVu

The Black Mountain Police Department began using VieVu body-worn cameras in 2017.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Black Mountain News Facebook

Buncombe County Sheriff's Office

Asheville · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Buncombe County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office operates 20 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Fixed cameras & RTCC Vendor: Fusus

The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office has used the Fusus real-time crime center platform since September 2022.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock www.muckrock.com

Buncombe County Sheriff's Department

Asheville · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Buncombe County

Body-worn & dashcam

As of 2017, the Buncombe County Sheriff's Department had 70 body-worn cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Black Mountain News

University of North Carolina Asheville Police Department

Asheville · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: University of North Carolina Asheville

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The University of North Carolina Asheville Police Department began using Axon body-worn cameras in 2013.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): University of North Carolina Asheville Police Department Axon Enterprises, Inc.

Woodfin Police Department

Woodfin · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Town of Woodfin

Body-worn & dashcam

As of 2017, the Woodfin Police Department uses body-worn cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Black Mountain News

Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026