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Compare sourced statements from candidates and officials in Arizona on license-plate camera networks.
This tracker covers fixed camera networks that log passing vehicles and let agencies search their movements. A warrant rule, a funding pause or a shorter retention period is not the same as a ban, so each statement is placed on the specific remedy the speaker supports. Each position names its speaker and links its source.
U.S. representative and Arizona gubernatorial candidate
Ban or remove
we have to pull the plug on Flock cameras
Andy Biggs said Flock cameras are too intrusive and called for ending their use in Arizona.
6
End the network
Ban the cameras or cancel the contract.
9
Restrict it
Cut funding, pause, require warrants, or limit how data is kept and shared.
0
Keep using it
Defend current use as an investigative tool.
15 statements from officials and candidates are counted in Arizona.
Races where more than one candidate has a recorded position, ordered by how far apart the candidates are on the steps above.
Andy Biggs said Flock cameras are too intrusive and called for ending their use in Arizona.
Katie Hobbs opposed a statewide ban on Flock cameras while calling for guardrails and leaving the choice to local officials.
Flagstaff City Council member Austin Aslan said he was the only council member to recommend cancelling the city's Flock contract at all three meetings where its renewal was considered, and that surveillance technology should be a policy decision for the city.
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.
Flagstaff City Council member Lori Matthews said she supports automatic license plate reader technology in theory but would not support its use in Flagstaff until security measures and safeguards are fully in place.
Flagstaff City Council member Khara House said she is proud of the council's unanimous decision to cancel the city's Flock contract, and that conversations with residents, advocacy groups, the ACLU and the Policing Project at NYU Law made clear there were issues with Flock.
Patty Hansen said she opposes the use of Flock cameras in Flagstaff and was pleased that the City Council canceled the contract in December 2025 after residents spoke out.
Nancy Baca said the debate over Flock did not end with the council's decision not to renew the contract, and that the city must evaluate emerging technologies for first responders while considering how long data is kept and who can access it.
Each statement is placed on the strongest remedy the speaker firmly supports. When a speaker offers alternatives, such as a ban or tighter regulation, the statement is placed on the milder one. A placement describes that statement alone. It does not summarize everything the speaker has said.
Criticism of misuse is not, by itself, a call to end the cameras. Statements that criticize the systems without naming a remedy are listed separately. Companies, advocacy groups and researchers appear for reference and are not counted in the totals.
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