Stanley calls for ending Flock camera use at NAU and the county
Drew StanleyCandidate for Flagstaff City Council
Drew Stanley said Flagstaff's Flock cameras were an unnecessary intrusion on privacy, that he was glad they were removed, and that their use at Northern Arizona University and at the county level should also end.
“I am against any kind of unnecessary or invasive surveillance of the community. The Flock cameras, for example, were an unnecessary intrusion of privacy and I was glad to see their removal. I also believe that their use at both NAU and at the county level should be ceased as well.”
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Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
Networked automated license-plate readers record passing vehicles and let agencies search or share travel records across locations. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to prohibit these networks, keep them with legal limits, or defend their use for investigations. This tracker records attributable positions on that choice, including proposals that would affect only public funding or data access.
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Arizona Daily Sun feature in its 2026 candidate question series, printing the written answers of Flagstaff City Council and mayoral candidates to a question about Flock cameras. The paper says the answers were limited to 150 words and printed unedited unless a candidate went over that limit.
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The Arizona Daily Sun asked the Flagstaff City Council and mayoral candidates on the November ballot where they stood on Flock cameras and their potential use in Flagstaff. The paper printed their written answers, limited to 150 words and unedited unless a candidate exceeded that limit.
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Stanley's answer also said he opposes possible use of drones by law enforcement within city limits.
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The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Stanley wrote that Flagstaff's Flock cameras were an unnecessary intrusion on privacy, that he was glad they were removed, and that their use at Northern Arizona University and by the county should also stop. That is a call to end the systems, so Condemned fits.
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