Surveillance Coverage

How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending April 25

A look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted during the previous week.

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How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending April 18

A look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted during the previous week.

Targeted News Service

Here's how we should use facial recognition ethically

Cynthia Rudin, a professor of computer science at Duke, discusses the ease and risks of facial recognition technology.

Local jewelry store plans to utilize new video-sharing camera program

According to Raleigh police, so far more than 220 cameras are registered and more than 460 are integrated in a new system designed to more quickly solve crimes.

Davia Pugh, 2024 CBC-UNC Diversity Fellow

Your company probably knows you’re reading this story at work

“Monitoring employee communications isn’t new, but the growing sophistication of the analysis that’s possible with ongoing advances in AI is,” said David Johnson, a principal analyst at Forrester Research.

Your company probably knows you're reading this story at work

"Monitoring employee communications isn't new, but the growing sophistication of the analysis that's possible with ongoing advances in AI is," said David Johnson, a principal analyst at Forrester Research.

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN

Dozens of shots fired in Durham neighborhood; police seek shooter

Durham police on Monday released surveillance video captured in the 800 block of Liberty Street on Jan. 18, 2024, around the time an 8-year-old girl was shot inside an upstairs bedroom.

Marshall Brain: Drones, security cameras can make our society safer

When AI detects a crime unfolding, the AI can call the police and they can arrive on the scene instantly.

Warrants: Surveillance video reveals how motorcycle club members followed rival before his shooting death

Raleigh police investigating the death of Jonas Padilla, a member of the Pagans Motorcycle Club, on Jan. 1, 2023, are reviewing video and audio captured from cameras at the intersections of Creedmoor, Lynn and Millbrook roads.

WRAL staff

Judge: Flock installing cameras without license

Flock argued it is not an "alarm systems business" so limits and licenses required should not apply. The cameras read license plates to pinpoint cars linked to crimes.

Wake County judge blocks Flock safety from installing more license plate readers

A Wake County judge ordered Flock Safety to stop installing automated license plate cameras in North Carolina until the court hears additional arguments from both the North Carolina Alarm Systems Licensing Board and Flock.

WRAL Staff

Recognize anyone? Surveillance video could help solve murder case

Investigators are hoping newly-released surveillance video will help find the people involved in the murder of an Apex man who was stabbed in the heart while loading his boat with fishing supplies last August.

Durham Public Schools reexamining use of controversial student-tracking software

Big brother or a needed layer of protection? That's the decision the Durham Public School Board will make over the student-tracking software called Gaggle.

Monica Casey, WRAL Durham reporter

Gaggle a controversial technology for parents, students in Durham Public Schools

Durham Public School Board has a decision to make over the student-tracking software called Gaggle.

NC law enforcement leaders support more license-plate readers

At least six law enforcement agencies in central North Carolina are using the same license-plate reading cameras as Atlanta police.

Raleigh police chief, Nash County sheriff advocate for license-plate readers after they helped catch suspected Atlanta mass shooter

At least six law enforcement agencies in central North Carolina are using the same license-plate reading cameras as Atlanta police.

Joe Fisher, WRAL reporter

NC House members back more license plate reader cameras

The added authority has been controversial in recent years, but it seems to have momentum as police departments struggle with staffing issues and rely more on surveillance.

Travis Fain, WRAL state government reporter

Surveillance video network to change face of security for Fayetteville

A crime mitigation and safety initiative is making Fayetteville businesses and neighbors safer through a video network.

Gilbert Baez, WRAL Fayetteville reporter

Growing Fayetteville camera network boosts surveillance for police

Fayetteville police are monitoring about 200 cameras around the city, but they want to add even more. They are asking businesses and residents to join Fusus, which is what they believe is the future of solving crime in the city.

US releases video of downed drone

The Pentagon on Thursday released video of what it said was a Russian fighter jet dumping fuel on a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone before the warplane clipped the drone's propeller in international airspace, leading to its crash in the Black Sea and raising tensions between Moscow and Washington over the war in Ukraine.

U.S. says Russian fighter jet hit surveillance drone over Black Sea

A Russian warplane on Tuesday struck a U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea, hitting the drone's propeller and forcing it down in international waters, according to U.S. European Command, which called the Russian forces' conduct "unsafe and unprofessional."

Matthew Mpoke Bigg, New York Times

How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending Feb. 9

A look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted over the previous week.

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License plate reading cameras help Raleigh police make 41 arrests in 6 months

Twenty-five cameras that scan license plates looking for criminal suspects have been positioned on roads throughout Raleigh, from crime hotspots to entertainment districts.

Joe Fisher, WRAL reporter

Flock of cameras across Raleigh helps police find violent criminals

In six months, the Flock camera network alerted Raleigh police 116 times and led to 41 arrests for crimes ranging from stolen cars and license plates to murder.

Tarboro expanding high-tech gunshot surveillance system

With residents expressing increased concern about shootings in recent months, Tarboro town leaders have authorized an expansion of the town's surveillance camera system to 50 cameras.