Title: Chief of Police, Town of Boone (Watauga County) · rose from major to interim chief to chief (Town of Boone)
Surveillance record
After Boone paused its cameras in May 2026, Duckworth briefed the council in June on reforms: sharing eliminated with agencies outside North Carolina except a few in Tennessee, quarterly audits of officer searches formalized, and a public transparency portal stood up in response to a council resolution (reported; not independently verified from the council record). The portal on August 21, 2026 showed 3 plate readers, 30-day retention, and a sharing list of six agencies, all in North Carolina (portal · WNC and NC). Compare Henderson County’s 2,048.
He is the comparison case every other chief and sheriff on this site should be asked about: the same vendor, the same product, and a sharing setting chosen the other way.
The question for him
Will he publish the audit results, not just confirm the audits occur?
Region: Watauga County (see WNC and NC) · Last updated: Aug 22, 2026