The Town Council created the C.R.I.M.E. camera program (Crime Reduction and Investigative Monitoring Equipment) by a unanimous vote on September 9, 2024, and added seven sites by a unanimous vote on January 12, 2026.
The cameras run on Verkada, a cloud video platform, not Flock. The Town's park cameras use the same system.
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The seven new sites are being installed during 2026, with payments of $16,326 a year through 2029. The Council's FY2025-26 budget also plans one additional site each year. The next budget decision is the FY2028 budget in June 2027.
These entries come from Stallings Town Council agendas and minutes, 2024 through October 2026.
Council votes unanimously to waive informal bidding and to buy cameras for five sites at a cost of $86,254, using police asset forfeiture funds. A budget amendment appropriates $85,150 from the drug forfeiture fund balance, also unanimous. Minutes pp. 3 and 4 · Agenda pp. 74 and 75
A $5,000 grant from the NC League of Municipalities pays for one Verkada camera in Stallings Municipal Park. Aug 11, 2025 agenda p. 18
Council's FY2025-26 budget includes $13,000 to add one camera site, with one more site a year planned in the Capital Improvement Plan. Jan 12, 2026 minutes p. 4
Council votes unanimously to replace the remaining Stallings Municipal Park cameras with five Verkada multisensor cameras and to appropriate $70,000 from fund balance. The vendor's packet includes a coverage plan titled "Stallings PD LPR Camera Phase 1" showing a Verkada CB62-TE, a plate-reading camera model. Minutes, in Sept 8, 2025 agenda p. 8 · Aug 11 agenda pp. 18 to 24, 49 and 50
A Town report states that five sites were selected and the cameras installed, and that the budget adds one site per year. Sept 22, 2025 agenda p. 233
Council is notified of a police cameras grant application. Minutes p. 2
Council votes unanimously to add seven sites through Verkada and Appalachian Network Services for $81,627, paid $16,326 a year through 2029, with ten-year licenses through 2035. Council also votes unanimously for five cameras at Blair Mill Park, $36,000, tied into the same Verkada system with Police Department access. Minutes pp. 4 and 5 · Agenda pp. 41 and 42
A request to the Town Clerk for the contracts, the camera list, the settings and the audit records. Pending.
Council adopts the FY2028 budget, which carries the annual site payment. Expected in June 2027.
Page numbers are PDF pages of the document as the Town posts it. Minutes of one meeting are approved at a later meeting and printed in that meeting's agenda packet.
Here is what the Town's records confirm, and what is still unknown. Each confirmed item links to the page it comes from.
None of the following appears in Council packets. A records request to the Town Clerk is pending.
The Town Council approves each new camera site and the budget that pays for them. A short, polite note from a resident carries more weight than a form letter, so add a sentence of your own before you send it.
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Contact details are as published on the Town of Stallings Mayor and Town Council page and checked Oct 24, 2026. Each button opens a ready-to-edit message in your email app. Fill in the blanks before you send it.
The Council approves each new site and the annual payments. A written policy can be adopted at any regular meeting.
Stallings Town Council meets on the second and fourth Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. at the Stallings Government Center, 321 Stallings Road. Each meeting includes a public comment period near the start. Write down what you want to say, keep it to a few minutes, and be courteous.
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Everything on this page comes from Stallings's own posted records. These links open the original files on the town's website. Agenda packets can be very large, so give them a moment to load.
MINCouncil Minutes, Jan 12, 2026Seven additional sites, $81,627, and Blair Mill Park cameras, $36,000, both unanimous (pp. 4 and 5).↗AGNCouncil Agenda Packet, Jan 12, 2026Blair Mill Park camera memo and quotes (pp. 41 and 42). Large file.↗AGNCouncil Agenda Packet, Sept 22, 2025Town report: five sites selected and installed (p. 233). Large file.↗MINCouncil Minutes, Sept 8, 2025Council notified of a police cameras grant application (p. 2).↗AGNCouncil Agenda Packet, Sept 8, 2025Aug 11, 2025 minutes: park camera vote (p. 8).↗AGNCouncil Agenda Packet, Aug 11, 2025Park camera memo and Verkada quote (pp. 18 to 24), and the "PD LPR Camera" coverage plans (pp. 49 and 50). Large file.↗MINCouncil Minutes, Sept 9, 2024C.R.I.M.E. program approved, $86,254 (pp. 3 and 4).↗AGNCouncil Agenda Packet, Sept 9, 2024Budget amendment for the camera system (pp. 74 and 75). Large file.↗REFVerkada CB62-TE DatasheetThe manufacturer's description of the camera model shown in the Town's coverage plan.↗