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Who approved this?
No approval document for this contract has been found yet. The records request guide shows which office holds it.
The university signed a contract with Flock Safety on February 21, 2024 for 23 license plate reader cameras: $83,950 in year 1 and $69,000 in each of the following 2 years, $221,950 in total. A first contract signed in September 2023 was canceled in October 2023 after the university learned Flock was not licensed to do business in North Carolina. Police Chief Brian James told a Board of Trustees committee on September 24 that the readers helped solve campus crimes and off-campus robberies.
Renewal date pending
The contract end date has not yet been confirmed from records.
The money
- Contract amount: $221,950
- Cameras: 23
- Contract amount per camera: $9,650 (about $3,217 a year)
- Term: 36 months
What happens next
Renewals are decided in public. Residents can attend the meeting, speak during public comment, and write to the office above through official channels. The ACLU publishes a model cancellation resolution officials can adapt.
Sources
- Daily Tar Heel (November 23, 2025) dailytarheel.com
- Chapelboro (contract dates and amounts) chapelboro.com
- Charlotte Observer via GovTech (contract signed late February 2024; $221,950 total; spokesperson confirmed) (March 7, 2024) govtech.com
Last verified: August 6, 2026. Something wrong? Request a correction.
The record
The sources do not say who approved this contract. UNC Police runs the cameras.
The documented amount is $221,950. The term runs 3 years. The contract covers 23 cameras. That comes to about $9,650 per camera.
The contract is active.
3 sources back this record; each is listed with its date under Sources. Last verified August 6, 2026. Every North Carolina record is listed on the North Carolina hub; the tracker lists all of them.
Cite this record
Who Approved This, "UNC-Chapel Hill, NC Flock Contract," whoapprovedthis.org, accessed October 10, 2026, https://whoapprovedthis.org/city/unc-chapel-hill-nc/.
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- Camera locations near UNC-Chapel Hill: DeFlock (external, crowdsourced)
- Agency transparency portal, if published: transparency.flocksafety.com; aggregated at Eyes on Flock