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Cameras in Mesa, AZ
127 mapped plate readers, a speed camera program and a red light camera program in Mesa.
Plate readers © OpenStreetMap contributors · © OpenMapTiles
Mesa, by camera type.
Mesa: 127 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Gilbert 53, Chandler 128, Tempe 55 and Apache Junction 45.
Speed cameras in Mesa
Mesa runs a speed camera program (running, as of Mar 2026), not yet on this map.
6 speed or red light cameras are on the map, counted apart from official lists.
- Speed cameras · Running (as of Mar 2026) Mesa Police ↗
The law, in short:
State law and voter referendum; statewide but not on state highways (A.R.S. § 28-1206, citation not yet confirmed).
What's next: Under Proposition 319, Mesa's voters decide whether to keep its cameras, expected in November 2027.
Red light cameras in Mesa
Mesa runs a red light camera program (running, as of Mar 2026), not yet on this map.
- Red light cameras · Running (as of Mar 2026) Mesa Police ↗
The law, in short:
State law and voter referendum; statewide but not on state highways (A.R.S. § 28-1206, citation not yet confirmed).
License plate readers in Mesa
127 plate readers are on the map in Mesa, and 124 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
First-mapped dates here run from Mar 2, 2025 to Oct 28, 2026. 99 of the 127 were first mapped in 2025, with 37 in August alone.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Mesa Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Who can search plate reads in Mesa
EyesOnFlock lists no transparency portal for the Mesa Police Department (Oct 14, 2026). It posts no sharing list, so who can search reads from its cameras is not stated. The sharing lists of 12 agencies name it, so it can search their reads.
Mesa Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- Not stated
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 12
No transparency portal listed, Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Get one summary email a month on new plate readers in Mesa
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
Traffic cameras in Mesa
No traffic camera feed is listed for Mesa yet.
Camera tickets in Mesa
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- What plate readers keep, and who runs them
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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.
- Mesa Police: speed camera program, running, as of Mar 2026
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, speed and red light cameras, 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
- Arizona Legislature: Proposition 319, enrolled text: §28-1207(A) and §28-1207(B), read November 5, 2026
- US Census Bureau: city boundary (cartographic file 2025)
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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