Verified ALPR — vendor unconfirmed
Phoenix is watched — we just can't confirm by whom.
Our records document automated license plate reader use in Phoenix, Arizona recorded for Arizona Department of Public Safety and Phoenix Police Department, but they do not establish Flock Safety as the vendor. Separately, 109 individual ALPR camera locations mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors fall inside the municipal boundary, 83 of them source-tagged Flock Safety.
Agency
Arizona Department of Public Safety
Agency type
Police
Jurisdiction
Statewide
County
Maricopa County
State
Arizona (AZ)
Vendor
Vigilant Solutions
The Arizona Department of Public Safety shares its automated license plate reader data with more than 250 agencies.
Sources · record AOS000277
Agency
Phoenix Police Department
Agency type
Police
Jurisdiction
Municipal
County
Maricopa County
State
Arizona (AZ)
Vendor
Vigilant Solutions
The Phoenix Police Department uses Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers.
Sources · record AOS000280
These entries document that an agency has been reported to use ALPR technology. They do not establish camera counts, exact locations, cost, retention periods or sharing policies unless the linked source says so.
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Everything on this page traces back to the records below. Where a record carries no linked document, we say so instead of filling the gap.
Deployment records come from the EFF Atlas of Surveillance ↗. Database last updated 2026-08-07.
109 mapped camera points inside the Phoenix boundary, from OpenStreetMap contributors via the DeFlock ↗ dataset (ODbL). Each point links to its own OpenStreetMap record in the camera list on this page.
Camera points are matched to this municipality by point-in-polygon containment against US Census Bureau cartographic boundaries (2023) — the coordinate falls inside the municipal boundary. Containment is a statement about location only, never about ownership, operation, purchase or deployment.
Other Arizona communities with a record in our database — nearest by county first. Absence from this list is not evidence of absence.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes says she will review how the state uses Flock cameras, after several Arizona local governments ended contracts or changed their policies with the company.
Just the News / The Center SquareSep 7, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
With several Valley departments now investigating officers for misusing license plate reader data, a state lawmaker walks through the ALPR regulation bill that died at the Arizona Legislature and what it would have required. The report is a useful reminder that most guardrails on this technology are still set by individual departments, not state law.
FOX 10 PhoenixAug 15, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
Four Valley police agencies acknowledged within a week that officers had misused license plate reader systems. The station reports that Arizona's certification rules mean an officer disciplined for that kind of misuse can still be hired elsewhere, which matters because ALPR access travels with the badge.
Arizona's Family (AZFamily)Aug 15, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
Chandler ended its $153,000 Flock contract after an internal audit turned up an unexplained anomaly the police chief tied to an employee misusing license plate reader data. It makes Chandler the largest Arizona city to drop the system, days before a scheduled renewal vote. Notably, the agency's own audit ended the program rather than outside reporting.
The Arizona RepublicAug 7, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
Camera counts, contract prices, retention and sharing policies are shown only where we found a primary source. Where they're missing, the information is not publicly verified — see the Flock Files for the documents we do have.
Data attribution
Portions of the surveillance deployment data on this site come from the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Atlas of Surveillance. atlasofsurveillance.org ↗ Are You Flocked? is independent and is not affiliated with the EFF or Flock Safety. Database last updated 2026-08-07.
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