County record · North Carolina

Cleveland County

3 Deployments on record

2 Agencies

2 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 2 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · none on record 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

Cleveland County Sheriff's Office

Shelby · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Cleveland County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

As of April 2024, the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office operates 14 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock Safety The News & Observer The News & Observer

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Cleveland County Sheriff's Office operates one DJI Phantom drone as of 2017, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College www.shelbystar.com

Kings Mountain Police Department

Kings Mountain · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Kings Mountain

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

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

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

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