Title: Chair, Haywood County Board of Commissioners · Republican · the county’s longest-serving commissioner (about 20 years) In this role since: re-elected November 2024 Current term ends: December 2028 Next voter decision: not on the 2026 ballot (The Mountaineer)
Surveillance record
A week after Macon County removed its cameras, Ensley told WLOS that Haywood would keep its 8 to 10: overdose deaths had fallen “in the thirties… last year we only had ten,” and the county had received “no complaints” (WLOS, July 21, 2026). No vote accompanied the decision, just as none accompanied the 2024 deployment. Overdose deaths fell statewide and nationally over the same period; no analysis connects Haywood’s plate readers to its numbers (Haywood County).
The question for him
If the cameras are worth keeping, are they worth a vote, a published contract, and a sharing list? “No complaints” is not oversight (What the Law Lets the County Do).
Region: Haywood County · Last updated: Aug 22, 2026