After some areas saw hail today, the severe weather is moving out, but how long will it stay gone? WRAL's Anthony Baglione is timing our chances for rain tomorrow and beyond

In the WRAL News app at 6: The rain is gone, but for how long? We time out the chances of rain going into the week

The chances for severe weather are dwindling after some in the viewing area saw hail during the afternoon.


Severe weather dwindling as the rain moves out

Severe Weather Alerts - NC

Fayetteville police detectives are looking into a shooting that occurred on Durant Drive on Sunday morning.

Police: Son hospitalized, mother arrested from shooting at Fayetteville home

Fayetteville shooting on Durant Drive

Three men were arrested on Saturday in Nash County when deputies uncovered a cock fighting operation.

Fowl play: Deputies bust cock fighting operation in Nash County, 3 men arrested

3 arrested in cock fighting ring

Once part of North Carolina's Medicaid expansion debate, the SAVE Act has lost steam. Nurses say doctors want to protect fees that current laws let them charge specialized nurses. Doctors say it's about patient safety.

Intense lobbying, broad support, no votes: NC nursing bill in limbo

Triangle hospitals experiencing nurse shortage as COVID hospitalizations rise 

Rocky Mount officers are looking for a man linked to a Saturday night shooting that was one of several to occur within the span of a few hours.

Rocky Mount police looking for man linked to one of multiple shootings overnight

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Camera Coverage

While Flock cameras have generated privacy concerns in other communities, the Roanoke Rapids police chief said these readers are tools for public safety and are not intended not to spy on anyone.

THE PORTRAIT. WE CERTAINLY WISH HER A SPEEDY RECOVERY. POLICE IN ROANOKE RAPIDS SAY LICENSE PLATE READING CAMERAS ARE HELPING THEM SOLVE CRIMES, INCLUDING AN ARREST THIS WEEK FOR STOLEN UHAUL. >> WRAL'S KEENAN WILLARD SHOWS US WHY THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS THIS HIGH-TECH TOOL DOES NOT POSE A THREAT TO PEOPLE'S PRIVACY. ROANOKE RAPIDS, POLICE SAY THESE FLOCK CAMERAS ARE BUILT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY NOT TO SPY ON ANYONE. THEY SAY THESE CAMERAS ARE ALREADY MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND THEY'RE READY TO BRING IN MORE. >> THIS WEEK, POLICE IN ROANOKE RAPIDS SPOTTED THE STOLEN UHAUL ON WEST 5TH STREET. THEY STOPPED THE TRUCK AND ARRESTED. 26 YEAR-OLD WAS SHOT AND THE HAWKINS CHARGING HER WITH POSSESSION OF A STOLEN VEHICLE. HOW DID THEY KNOW THE TRUCK HAD BEEN STOLEN? IF IT COMES TO ANY LOCATION WHERE FLOCK CAMERAS SET UP? >> HE'S GOING TO GIVE US A HE IT BEFORE. AN OFFICER MAY SEE IT. THE DEPARTMENT HAS 11 FLOCK CAMERAS SET UP ACROSS ROANOKE RAPIDS, THEIR AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS. THAT SCAN VEHICLE TAGS AND ALERT POLICE IF THEY COME BACK AS STOLEN OR WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE CRIME. THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS SMALL BUSINESSES IN ROANOKE RAPIDS RAISED MORE THAN $30,000 TO BUY AND INSTALL THE CAMERAS FOR POLICE. CHIEF MARTIN SAYS THEY'VE SOLVED 17 CRIME SO FAR USING THE CAMERAS, INCLUDING FLOOD BUSTS AND STOLEN VEHICLES. IT HE'S BEEN WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING TRACK OF SOME OF THE STATISTICS BECAUSE WE HOME TO IMPLEMENT THESE PERMANENTLY AND GET MORE FOR THE CITY OF ROANOKE RAPIDS. WRAL'S REPORTED ON PRIVACY CONCERNS IN SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE POLICE ARE USING FLOCK CAMERAS. BUT THE ROANOKE RAPIDS POLICE CHIEF SAYS THE SCAMMERS ARE BUILT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY NOT TO SPY ON PEOPLE AND ANY DATA THEY COLLECT IS DELETED. AFTER 30 DAYS THERE'S A POLICY IN PLACE THAT ONLY ALLOWS TO KEEP CERTAIN INFORMATION. WE WE DO NOT RECORD OUR CITIZENS. WE DO NOT HAVE FACIAL RECOGNITION NONE OF IS IMPLEMENTED WITH THESE CAMERAS. THEY ARE STRICTLY >> TO OBSERVE LICENSE PLATES.

New cameras lead to break in case for Roanoke Rapids police

Police in Roanoke Rapids say automated license plate reading cameras are helping them solve crimes, including an arrest this week for a stolen U-Haul truck.

New cameras help Roanoke Rapids police make arrest in U-Haul theft

Since implementing 15 Flock cameras in February, Garner police have made 50 arrests using the new technology.

102 alerts, 56 recovered cars and 50 arrests: License plate cameras have helped Garner police solve crimes in first six months of use

Garner police have made 50 arrests in the first six months of using their new Flock cameras.

NEWS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON. >> THESE CAMERAS BEHIND ME ARE EASY TO MISS AND SOMETIMES HARD TO SPOT IN GARNER. BUT THEY'RE PROVING TO BE A BIG HELP IN TRACKING DOWN SUSPECTS AND RECOVERING STOLEN CARS. IT HAS BEEN 6 MONTHS SINCE THE TOWN. ROLL THEM OUT THESE LICENSE PLATE READERS. AND TONIGHT WR INVESTIGATE. JOE FISHER IS CHECKING IN ON THE PROGRAM. NOT JUST IN GARNER BUT ACROSS THE AREA. >> WELL, I'M BUSY INTERSECTIONS PARK ENTRANCES. I NEVER NOTICED THAT BEFORE IN MY LIFE. >> 15 CAMERAS ACROSS GARNER ARE SCANNING LICENSE PLATES. >> THERE'S A TON OF PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO HONOR EVERY DAY IN THE LOADING OFFICERS LIKE STEPHEN FERRARI TO WANTED CRIMINALS IN REAL TIME STOLEN LICENSE PLATE, A STOLEN VEHICLES, A BIG ONE THAT WILL HAPPEN TO MONITOR. NOT TO MENTION OUTSTANDING WARRANTS AND MISSING PEOPLE. IT WILL SET OFF JUST SORT OF AN ALARM IN OUR VEHICLE AND WITHIN SECONDS, HE CAN SEE THE TAG NUMBER. THE CAR'S LOCATION AND THE CRIME, ALL THE OFFICERS THAT ARE ON PATROL. THE TIME WE IMMEDIATELY JUMP ON THE RADIO AND START ORGANIZING SOME KIND OF PLAN OF ATTACK IN ORDER TO GET OVER THEIR SURROUNDING AREA AND TRY TO QUARANTINE THAT VEHICLE INTO LOCATION. >> GARNER POLICE ROLLED OUT THE FLOCK SAFETY CAMERAS 6 MONTHS AGO AT A COST OF ROUGHLY 40,000 A YEAR. SO FAR THE CAMERAS HAVE ALERTED POLICE 102 TIMES LEADING TO 56 RECOVERED CARS AT ABOUT 50 ARRESTS IN KNIGHTDALE. THERE ARE A BIG 24 HITS AND 5 ARRESTS AND THE CAMERAS HAVE HELPED IDENTIFY SUSPECTS. IT IS ASSAULT. >> AND A SERIES OF CAR BREAK INS INVOLVING STOLEN GUNS. THAT'S HUGE. YEAH, THAT SOUNDS REALLY THAT SOUNDS REALLY SIGNIFICANT. JOHN CLIFFORD SUPPORTS THE CAMERAS, BUT UNDERSTANDS WHY SOME HAVE EXPRESSED PRIVACY CONCERNS. GARNER POLICE SAY THEY DON'T USE THAT VIDEO FOR SURVEILLANCE OR LOWER-LEVEL OFFENSES LIKE EXPIRED TAGS AND THEY ONLY RECORD PLATES IN PUBLIC SPACES WERE TRYING TO GET THE ACTUAL CRIMINALS OFF THE STREET. MOST OF THE SITUATIONS ARE CRIMES ARE COMMITTED IN OTHER AREAS AND THEY COME TO GO INTO >> AND MOST LIKELY LOOKING TO COMMIT OTHER CRIMES. SO IS MILEY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO LOCATE THESE PEOPLE? ASKED ARE COMING INTO OUR JURISDICTION. CAPTAIN CHRIS ADAMS SAYS IN MANY CASES THE TRAFFIC STOPS LEAD TO ILLEGAL DRUGS AND GUNS. YOU MAY GET A HIT ON A VEHICLE AND STOPPED AT THE ONE REASON AND U UNCOVER SO MUCH MORE. A NEW TOOL PUTTING MORE EYES ON THE ROAD HELPING OFFICERS CRACK CASES QUICKER TO ME THAT THAT IS SUCCESS. AND THESE FLOCK CAMERAS ARE ALSO BEING USED BY THE EDGECOMBE AND NASH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS 3 CAMERAS IN NASH COUNTY HAVE ALREADY HELPED DEPUTIES TRACK DOWN SUSPECTS. >> TIED TO STOLEN CARS AND BREAKING INTO BUILDINGS. MEANWHILE, HEARING GARNER, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF ADDING EVEN MORE CAMERAS IN THE FUTURE. I'M JOE FISHER. WRAL NEWS GARNER. >> FLOCK SAFETY SAYS THE CAMERAS DON'T HAVE ANY FACIAL

License plate readers help police make arrests, recover stolen cars

Despite research showing red-light cameras do have an impact, the remote enforcement tool remains under fire.

Caught by a red-light camera? Some argue the citations are illegal and you don't have to pay them

Red-light camera

Challenging the fairness of red light cameras. WRAL Investigates why some are questioning the technology and if you really have to pay if you're cited.

<p>tens of thousands of north Carolina driver's caught on camera running a red light WRL investigates why some are questioning the fairness of the technology and the enforcement of red light cameras. Citations tonight at six on WRL News.</p>

WRAL Investigates fairness of red-light cameras

The Garner Police Department is among several law enforcement agencies in the Triangle using automated license plate reading (ALPR) cameras to help determine if cars are stolen or wanted in a crime.

License plate cameras help Garner police solve crimes

ALPR camera

Milwaukee police say a man has been recording hundreds of people for years. 

At Wisconsin Athletic club locations across southeast Wisconsin investigators say, 33 year old Paeng Dong secretly recorded people inside of men's locker rooms. Police said the suspect hit a camera inside of a coffee cup. It was christmas Eve last year officers dispatched to the Brookfield location. Another member found the cup with wires and a camera lens facing out. When they arrived, court documents show, the suspect told police he was recording because someone was stealing from him and it was quote, the first time he had ever used the camera for this purpose. However, when officers searched his computer, they found dozens of videos of naked adults and minors From additional whack locations in Wauwatosa and Glendale. Police believe there could be as many as 542 victims Recorded without their knowledge. Records show Dong was a gym member for several years. The videos recorded between 2019 and 2021, he now faces 15 felony counts of capturing an intimate representation without consent. Each count punishable by up to a $10,000 fine and 3.5 years in prison.

Coffee cup camera secretly records gym members 

WRAL's 5 On Your Side spoke with Raleigh-Durham International Airport about why there are no security cameras in the airport parking lot, and what it could mean for your safety. 

MONICA LIBERTY IS LIVE AT THE RDU INTERNATIONAL WITH THE STORY. MONICA. >> Reporter: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE IN THE AIRPORT PARKING DECK. TAKE A LOOK AROUND HERE SOMETHING WE ARE ALL USED TO SEEING APPEARS TO BE MISSING. CAMERAS. I CLIMBED THE THEM CONTACTED ME SHOCKED AFTER SHE SAID THAT ARAB PORT POLICE TOLD ME THERE WAS NO CAMERAS IN THE STATE. THE PARKING DECK AT THE INTERNATIONAL IMPORT IS MORE PACKED THAN IT HAS BEEN IN A YEAR. SOME PASSENGERS RECENTLY RETURNED TO FIND THAT CATALYTIC CONVERTERS WERE STOLEN OFF OF THEIR PARKED CARS. JANE SIMMONS CALLED AIRPORT POLICE. >> I SAID, HEY, I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I WAS PART, IS THERE ANY WAY TO LOOK BACK AND SEE -- SOMEBODY HAS TO CRAWL UNDER YOUR CAR AND TAKE THE THING. >> Reporter: SHE CANNOT BELIEVE THE RESPONSE. >> SHE TOLD ME THAT THEY ACTUALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY SECURITY CAMERAS AT ALL IN THE PARKING DECK. IT IS SHOCKING TO ME. I ASSUMED, OF COURSE THEY DO. >> IN THE CRIME OR ANYTHING ARE MISSING PERSON, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SURVEILLANCE VIDEO? THAT IS HARD TO BELIEVE, ACTUALLY. >> Reporter: IS SURPRISED THAT TOO. WE REACHED OUT TO STEPHANIE AND SHE WOULD NOT DISCUSS CAMERAS IN THE PARKING DECK SAYING THAT IT IS SECURITY SENSITIVE INFORMATION. SHE DID SAY THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS MONITORED ACTIVITY HERE FOR YEARS USING PATROLS AND TECHNOLOGY. SHE DID NOT ELABORATE ON WHAT THAT TECHNOLOGY IS. WE DID SEE MULTIPLE CALL BOXES ON EVERY LEVEL AND WHY WE DID NOT SEE ANY CAMERAS IN THE PARKING DECKS, THERE ARE CLEARLY VISIBLE ALL ALONG THE TERMINAL SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. AS A SECURITY EXPERT TELLS US, INDIVIDUAL AIRPORTS DECIDE WHERE CAMERA COVERAGE IS NEEDED. >> IS ALL ABOUT THE THREAT. >> Reporter: IN THE PAST, AT THE RDU INTERNATIONAL. >> WHAT IS THE THREAT? HAVE WE HAD ANY TERRORIST THREATS LATELY? HAS THERE BEEN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY? WHAT KIND OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND WHERE? IS IT IN THE PARKING GARAGES OR THE TERMINAL BUILDING AGAINST THE CROWDS OF MINGLING PEOPLE? >> Reporter: HE TELLS US THAT THE REGULAR THREAT ASSESSMENTS PLAN TO THOSE DECISIONS. SO DOES THE BUDGET. >> IF YOU HAVE 100 CAMERAS ANYWHERE, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU NEED TO WATCH 100 CAMERAS 24 SEVEN? >> Reporter: OTHER NORTH CAROLINA EXPERTS, PIEDMONT INTERNATIONAL IN GREENSBORO HAS CAMERAS AND PARKING AREAS. WILMINGTON INTERNATIONAL DOES NOT. CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS WOULD NOT DISCUSS SECURITY. >> I THOUGHT THERE WAS CAMERAS. I'M SHOCKED THERE IS NOT. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW THEY ARE EVERYWHERE, RIGHT? MOST OF US HAVE THEM AT OUR FRONT DOOR. >> THEY ARE EVERYWHERE. >> Reporter: GOOD TO KEEP IN MIND, JUST NOT AT MANY AIRPORT PARKING DECKS. >> IS VERY SURPRISING. VERY SHOCKING. WHY WOULDN'T THAT BE A PRIORITY? >> Reporter: WE DID REQUEST INFORMATION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS REPORTED IN AIRPORT PARKING AREAS OVER THE LAST 2 1/2 YEARS, KEEPING IN MIND THAT RELATIVELY, FEW PEOPLE FLEW LAST YEAR. AT A 49 POLICE REPORTS, SIX INVOLVED ASSAULTS. 26 OR THEFT, INCLUDING THE THREE CONVERTER THEFTS THIS YEAR. THE OTHERS ARE FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND BREAKING INTO CARS. DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO KEEP IN

RDU doesn't have security cameras in parking deck 

The photos have sparked a worldwide quest to identify the stars of the photos.



>>> THIS WHAT'S TRENDING REPORT NEXT. >>> A 70-YEAR-OLD ROLL OF FILM WAS DEVELOPED AFTER IT WAS FOUND INSIDE OF INTEREST CAMERA. THE PHOTOS SPARK A WORLDWIDE QUEST TO IDENTIFY THE STARS OF THE PHOTO. THE CAMERA WAS PURCHASED BY IRIS COLLECT. HE ESTIMATES THE PICTURES THEY BACK TO 1950. THEY SHOW A YOUNG WOMAN AND A YOUNG MAN TRAP THROUGH EUROPE TOGETHER. IT INCLUDES SUGGESTIONS THAT COULD BE MOVIE STARS OR ROYALTY. HE WAS THEY LOOK SO FABULOUS. IT IS A ROMANTIC.

Photos found in 70-year-old camera 

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Security camera footage shows a Florida marine officer leap to safety as a speeding boat bears down on his own craft.

Close call: Officer leaps to safety seconds before boat crash

Officer avoids boat crash

Remember Polaroids?
New cameras on the market are a bit of a throwback to the instant classic.

New cameras offer instant prints

Unless you're really on top of printing, your photos can get lost on your smartphone. New cameras on the market are a bit of a throwback to the  classic Polaroid. 



New instant cameras are a throwback to Polaroids

FujiFilm Instax Mini 9 Bundle with 10 Exposure Film

A Michigan family is searching for a new home security system after they were harassed by a hacker who accessed their Ring cameras.

Michigan family harassed by Ring hacker

Ring doorbell camera hacked in Michigan

New cameras being installed across Raleigh will help the city keep drivers safe when flooding happens. 

Flood monitoring cameras being installed across Raleigh

A California man is busted after setting up a camera in a coffee shop bathroom.