County record · North Carolina

Catawba County

6 Deployments on record

6 Agencies

2 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 4 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · none on record Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 2 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

Catawba County Sheriff's Office

Newton · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Catawba County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Catawba County Sheriff's Office operates 12 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Conover Police Department

Conover · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Conover

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Conover Police Department operates 15 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Hickory Police Department

Hickory · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Hickory

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Hickory Police Department operates 13 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Long View Police Department

Long View · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Town of Long View

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

Long View entered into a five-year contract with Axon for $186,000 in 2022.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Hickory Daily Record

Maiden Police Department

Maiden · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Town of Maiden

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Maiden Police Department operates three Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Newton Police Department

Newton · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Newton

Body-worn & dashcam

Newton Police Department received $80,000 to purchase 40 body-worn cameras through the Small, Rural and Tribal Body-Worn Camera program in 2024.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): SRT BWC Program

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