Overview
- Eleven Arizona cities and towns have terminated or paused contracts with Flock automated license‑plate readers, bringing the state's recent cancellations to the third highest rate nationally.
- In the past month four metro‑Phoenix police agencies opened internal investigations after reporting instances of officers running unauthorized or personal ALPR searches.
- Queen Creek voted to keep its Flock system but adopted new limits that define misuse, make knowing misuse a class 1 misdemeanor, cap data retention at 30 days and require annual audits.
- A statewide legislative effort to regulate ALPRs, Senate Bill 1111, failed to receive a third reading earlier this year and Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has launched a statewide review of ALPR use.
- The local actions in Arizona reflect a broader national push: advocates count roughly 181 local governments that have cut ALPR contracts since 2025 and some governors have moved to pause funding while questions about cross‑jurisdictional data sharing and weak enforcement remain.