Title: Chief of Police, City of Brevard (the city’s first woman chief; previously a captain at Apex PD; 25 years in law enforcement) (City of Brevard · WLOS) In this role since: 2025 to 2026 (exact start date varies across reports)
Surveillance record
In March 2026 Wentzell proposed 6 Flock cameras at $46,000 over three years, telling the council’s Public Safety Committee they “would be the extra eyes we don’t have” and a “great investigative tool” for an understaffed department (Transylvania Times). By July the proposal had become an Axon package: three plate readers “at no charge” inside an ~$80,000 five-year bundle with tasers, body cameras, and monthly data-storage fees (Transylvania County · What Axon Contracts Do). Her department’s published policy manual has three documents and no plate-reader policy.
The question for her
Did she ask for the bundle, or did procurement grow the scope past what she requested? And which agencies would be able to search Brevard’s reads?
Region: Transylvania County · Last updated: Aug 22, 2026