STATE PROFILE: North Carolina

# North Carolina — LexisNexis / PSDEX State Profile

*Last updated: May 2026*

## The Short Version

North Carolina prohibits sanctuary policies and has significant LexisNexis penetration through Community Crime Map. Multiple major cities use CCM, meaning their crime incident data flows automatically to LexisNexis. Whether any North Carolina agency has taken the additional step of signing a PSDEX data contribution agreement has not yet been confirmed.

## No Sanctuary, Active Data Flows

North Carolina’s HB 370 (2015) prohibits sanctuary designations and requires counties to cooperate with ICE detainer requests. There are no legal barriers to North Carolina law enforcement data reaching federal immigration enforcement.

## The CCM Pattern

North Carolina has the strongest Community Crime Map presence of any state in this database outside California and Colorado. Confirmed CCM agencies include:

**Greensboro Police Department** — launched CCM in July 2022, confirmed through multiple local news reports and the department’s own website. Greensboro is additionally confirmed as an Accurint for Law Enforcement subscriber through the EFF’s Atlas of Surveillance — the only North Carolina agency with two distinct LexisNexis product confirmations. Whether Greensboro also has a PSDEX data contribution agreement is unconfirmed.

**High Point Police Department** — CCM confirmed through the city’s official website. High Point and Greensboro are both in Guilford County, suggesting either a county-level procurement relationship or coordinated Piedmont Triad regional adoption.

**Durham Police Department** — CCM confirmed since at least 2018. Durham has an older relationship with LexisNexis than CCM suggests: the city was an early participant in RAIDS Online, a crime mapping platform acquired by BAIR Analytics and then by LexisNexis, since at least 2010. Durham’s continuous LexisNexis relationship spans roughly 15 years and three product generations.

**Asheville Police Department** — CCM confirmed.

## What CCM Means and Doesn’t Mean

CCM requires an automated feed of crime incident data from the agency’s records management system to LexisNexis — that feed is confirmed for all four agencies above. What is not confirmed for any of them is a PSDEX data contribution agreement, which is a separate contract and would make their records searchable by law enforcement agencies nationwide, including federal ones. The CCM relationship is meaningful but is not the same as PSDEX participation.

## FOIA Targets

- NC Public Records Law (G.S. § 132-1), no fixed deadline but typically fast - Greensboro PD — any AVCC XML Addendum (highest priority NC agency) - Durham PD — any AVCC XML Addendum - Guilford County SO — simple three-question FOIA already written