County record · North Carolina

McDowell County

2 Deployments on record

2 Agencies

1 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 2 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · none on record 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

Marion Police Department

Marion · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Marion

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Marion Police Department operates four Flock Safety automated license plate readers as of September 2025.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pittsboro Police Department

McDowell County Sheriff's Office

Marion · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: McDowell County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The McDowell County Sheriff's Office operates eight 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