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Arizona has 2,677 mapped plate readers. 2,181 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
Tucson has the most (138), then Mesa (124) and Scottsdale (117). The first Flock-tagged one was mapped Dec 10, 2024. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes.
See who runs them · Cameras in Arizona · What is a Flock camera? · Flock cameras in the US · Other Flock camera maps
Flock cameras in Arizona by city
A city links to its own page once enough readers are mapped there.
Plate readers mapped in Arizona each month
Plate readers of any maker added to the map each month, not only Flock-tagged ones. Lighter bars are estimates from the first-mapped dates of current points.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock-tagged readers first mapped each month
Each row counts the Flock-tagged readers first mapped that month, newest first. Months with none are left out. Each one carries the date it was first mapped.
| Month | First mapped that month | Top cities |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 41 | 10 in Phoenix and 7 in Surprise |
| Sep 2026 | 124 | 38 in Youngtown and 14 in Surprise |
| Aug 2026 | 169 | 24 in Youngtown and 18 in Phoenix |
| Jul 2026 | 186 | 21 in Tolleson and 11 in Goodyear |
| Jun 2026 | 97 | 13 in Chandler and 10 in Glendale |
| May 2026 | 113 | 14 in Goodyear and 10 in Scottsdale |
| Apr 2026 | 72 | 9 in Chandler and 7 in Glendale |
| Mar 2026 | 52 | 7 in Peoria and 6 in Chandler |
| Feb 2026 | 78 | 19 in Safford and 13 in Peoria |
| Jan 2026 | 149 | 20 in Casa Grande and 16 in Peoria |
| Dec 2025 | 170 | 32 in Casa Grande and 19 in Tolleson |
| Nov 2025 | 196 | 18 in San Tan Valley and 17 in Prescott |
Who runs the Flock cameras in Arizona
Most don't say who runs them. The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 39 agencies in Arizona that use plate readers.
- Private operators, not named 76
- University of Arizona Police Department 59
- City of Buckeye 54
- Maricopa PD 32
- Prescott Police Department 30
- Prescott Valley Police Department 30
- Oro Valley Police Department 18
- Somerton Police Department 11
- San Luis Police Department 10
- ASU Police 9
Plate reader law in Arizona
| Topic | Arizona |
|---|---|
| Status | Law |
| Law | A.R.S. § 44-7953 (Laws 2026, ch. 232, § 26; SB 1552) |
| What it does | A vendor-contract rule only: a law enforcement agency's contract with a business whose camera system only identifies vehicles must bar the business from selling or passing the data to third parties. |
| Who it can be shared with | The contract must prohibit the business 'from selling or disseminating to third parties any data collected by the camera system' (A.R.S. § 44-7953) |
| Public records law | Arizona Public Records Law, A.R.S. § 39-121 et seq. |
| Checked |
See Arizona plate reader law next to the other states.
Flock cameras in Arizona: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Arizona?
2,181 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Arizona, as of November 7, 2026. The real number may be higher or lower: the map shows only the cameras mapped so far.
Which cities in Arizona have the most Flock cameras?
By mapped count: Tucson (138), Mesa (124) and Scottsdale (117). The city list on this page shows each city with a Flock-tagged reader.
Is each mapped camera still there?
Not always. A point shows where someone mapped a camera. 3 of the 2,181 carry a date when a volunteer last checked them on the ground.
Arizona's plate reader data
From OpenStreetMap, under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. A free copy goes to anyone who asks: how it is made and how to ask.
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2,677 cameras listed or mapped in Arizona so far.
Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
- A.R.S. § 44-7953 (Laws 2026, ch. 232, § 26; SB 1552): plate reader law, checked Oct 25, 2026
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Open Government Guide: public records law, checked Oct 25, 2026
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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