Drew Stanley is a Flagstaff, Arizona, resident who spent his early childhood in the city and returned in 2022 to study history at Northern Arizona University, where he worked as a campus organizer for the Arizona Students Association. He filed to run for an at-large seat on the Flagstaff City Council in 2026 and withdrew before the November election.
Case
Networked automated license-plate cameras can assemble searchable records of vehicle movements. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to ban the systems, keep them with limits, or defend them as investigative tools. This tracker separates outright bans from narrower restrictions.
Role at the time: Candidate for Flagstaff City Council
Statement summary
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.”
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.
Statement dates: August 16, 2026
Statement dates: August 16, 2026
Statement dates: August 16, 2026
Statement dates: August 16, 2026
