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Wake Forest has 32 mapped plate readers. 31 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
They were first mapped between Mar 4, 2025 and Nov 6, 2026. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes. Whoever runs it sets how long, within state law.
Flock cameras in Wake Forest: locations by ZIP code
ZIP 27587 has the most (28), then 27596 (3). Mounted on, where known: 16 on poles and 9 on street lights.
| Where | Maker tag and operator | Facing | First mapped |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Wake Forest Police Department | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Mar 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Wake Forest Police Department | Faces north (as mapped) | Mar 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Wake Forest Police Department | Faces south (as mapped) | Mar 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Wake Forest Police Department | Faces north (as mapped) | Mar 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Wake Forest Police Department | Faces south (as mapped) | Mar 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Wake Forest Police Department | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Mar 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Wake Forest Police Department | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Mar 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Wake Forest Police Department | Faces west-northwest (as mapped) | Mar 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Wake Forest Police Department | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Mar 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Wake Forest Police Department | Faces north (as mapped) | Nov 18, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Nov 27, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: A private operator, not named | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: A private operator, not named | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Feb 4, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Mar 12, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | May 30, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Aug 11, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Nov 6, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 27587 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Nov 6, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 27596 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 27596 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 27596 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Apr 30, 2026 |
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Who runs the Flock cameras in Wake Forest
Most don't say who runs them.
- Wake Forest Police Department 10
- Private operators, not named 2
What the Flock cameras in Wake Forest keep
- Records
- The plate of each car that passes, with the time and place. Often a photo of the car.
- Run by
- 12 of 31 say who runs them, most often Wake Forest Police Department (10).
- Kept for
- Not published on the map. Each operator sets its own. Flock Safety’s FAQ: “Flock recommends a 7-day default.”
- Who sees it
- Whoever runs it, and those it shares with.
- How to ask
- Read the operator's policy. Or ask the city for its records.
Who can search plate reads in Wake Forest
EyesOnFlock lists no transparency portal for the Wake Forest Police Department (Oct 14, 2026). It posts no sharing list, so who can search reads from its cameras is not stated. The sharing lists of 113 agencies name it, so it can search their reads.
Wake Forest Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- Not stated
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 113
No transparency portal listed, Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
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Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
When the Flock cameras in Wake Forest were first mapped
Flock-tagged readers here were first mapped from March 4, 2025 to November 6, 2026. 21 of the 31 were first mapped in 2025, with 10 in December alone.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock cameras in Wake Forest, NC: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Wake Forest?
31 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Wake Forest, NC, as of November 7, 2026.
Where are the Flock cameras in Wake Forest?
The table lists the most recently mapped ones by ZIP code, and the map shows all of them. ZIP 27587 has the most (28).
Who runs the plate readers in Wake Forest?
Most don't say who runs them. Whoever runs each one sets how long it keeps the reads and who can search them, within North Carolina law.
Which agencies around Wake Forest use plate readers?
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Wake Forest Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Which way does each camera face?
All 31 carry a direction tag, and the map draws each one as a cone.
Know when cameras in Wake Forest change.
Free email alerts for new plate readers mapped near your places. One summary email a month.
- When a plate reader is first mapped near you
- New cameras mapped or reported near you
- What plate readers keep, and who runs them
- Your street, your distance, the camera types you pick
156,883 cameras listed or mapped so far.
Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers in Wake Forest, NC, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- Flock Safety FAQ: the default retention quoted in What they keep, read Oct 24, 2026
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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