Johnston County

County record. Includes every city and agency within Johnston County.

6 Deployments on record
4 Agencies
3 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 4 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 1 Doorbell & camera registry · none on record Cell-site simulators · none on record Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record
What these categories mean
ALPR
Automated license plate readers (ALPR): camera systems that automatically capture, read, and log vehicle license plates with location and time, producing a searchable record of vehicle movements.
Fixed cameras & RTCC
Agency-operated fixed video cameras and the real-time crime centers (RTCC) that aggregate live and recorded feeds for monitoring. Extends the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Atlas, which enumerates real-time crime centers and camera registries but not standalone fixed-camera estates.
Face recognition
Software that matches faces in images or video against a reference database to identify or verify individuals.
Drones / UAS
Uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), commonly called drones, operated by an agency for overhead observation, imaging, or sensing.
Gunshot detection
Networks of acoustic sensors that detect and locate suspected gunfire and alert an agency.
Body-worn & dashcam
Officer body-worn and in-vehicle dashboard cameras that record encounters; public access to the footage is frequently restricted.
Doorbell & camera registry
Programs that give an agency access to privately owned camera footage: doorbell-camera partnerships, citizen camera registries, and private-camera integration platforms.
Cell-site simulators
Devices that mimic cell towers to locate or identify nearby mobile phones. They are often called Stingrays, or IMSI catchers after the international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number that identifies each phone on a network. Adjacent: communications surveillance outside the visual/sensor core.
Predictive policing
Software that forecasts where crime may occur or who may be involved, to direct policing. Adjacent: analytics rather than a sensing deployment.
Social-media monitoring
Tools that collect and analyze public social-media activity for an agency. Adjacent: open-source/communications monitoring outside the visual/sensor core.

The record, by agency

Johnston County Sheriff's Office

Smithfield · 2 deployments · last documented Sep 2025 · on UnGovr: Johnston County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Johnston County Sheriff's Office operates 15 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Johnston County Sheriff's Office operates one DJI Matrice 210 drone as of 2018, 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 Collegejocoreport.com

Clayton Police Department

Clayton · 2 deployments · last documented Sep 2025 · on UnGovr: Town of Clayton

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Clayton Police Department operates 18 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Motorola Solutions

The Clayton Police Department began using Motorola V300 body-worn cameras in 2021.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Johnstonian NewsClayton Police Department's Facebook Page

Selma Police Department

Selma · 1 deployment · last documented Sep 2025 · on UnGovr: Town of Selma

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Selma Police Department operates 23 Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

Smithfield Police Department

Smithfield · 1 deployment · last documented Jul 2025 · on UnGovr: Town of Smithfield

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety flocksafety.com ↗

The Smithfield Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers.

Town of Benson

Town of Benson · Benson Police Department

Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.

Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory

Town of Four Oaks

Town of Four Oaks · Four Oaks Police Department

Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.

Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory

Town of Kenly

Town of Kenly · Kenly Police Department

Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.

Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory

Town of Pine Level

Town of Pine Level · Pine Level Police Department

Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.

Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory

Town of Princeton

Town of Princeton · Princeton Police Department

Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.

Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory

Town of Wilson's Mills

Town of Wilson's Mills · Wilson's Mills Police Department

Nothing on the public record. The sources compiled so far document no surveillance technology here. That means none on record, not necessarily none in operation.

Agency name: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency directory

Sources: Flock Safety transparency portals · FBI Crime Data Explorer · EFF Atlas of Surveillance