County record · North Carolina

New Hanover County

5 Deployments on record

2 Agencies

5 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 1 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · 1 Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · 1 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

The record, by agency

Carolina Beach Police Department

Carolina Beach · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: Town of Carolina Beach

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Carolina Beach 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

Carolina Beach Police Department received $44,000 to purchase 22 body-worn cameras through the Small, Rural and Tribal Body-Worn Camera program in 2024.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): SRT BWC Program

Face recognition Vendor: Flock Safety

In 2022, the Carolina Beach Police Department entered a 16-month agreement with Clearview AI for unlimited department users at a cost of $8,995.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Carolina Beach

Wilmington Police Department

Wilmington · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Wilmington

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Wilmington Police Department planned to spend $220,354 to transition its Southeastern Airborne Law Enforcement program to drones in 2024.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Wilmington WECT6 Wilmington Police Department

Gunshot detection Vendor: ShotSpotter

The Wilmington Police Department has been using ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology since 2012.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WECT 6 News

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