Flock & ALPR Cameras in Benson, Arizona
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around Benson — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 14, 2026 City of Benson — City Council Sep 14, 2026
- Sep 14, 2026 On the agenda: Benson meeting — license plate reader (Sep 14)
- Sep 14, 2026 City of Benson — meeting Sep 14, 2026
- Aug 31, 2026 On the agenda: Benson meeting — Automated License Plate (Aug 31)
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No new reports near Benson in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 06:26 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Benson
The readers mapped around Benson break down as 6 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jul 2025; the most recent in Apr 2026.
- East 4th Street — 1 reader
- AZ 80;US 80 Hist — 1 reader
- West 4th Street — 1 reader
- South State Highway 90 — 1 reader
- South Ocotillo Avenue — 1 reader
- North Ocotillo Road — 1 reader
Benson AZ PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Benson AZ PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 5 other agencies.
Benson in the Cochise County picture
Cochise County has 57 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #614 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 125,458 residents and 7,763 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 51.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 6 traffic.
What’s watching Benson
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Benson — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Benson (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Benson
- On the agenda: Benson meeting — license plate reader (Sep 14)
- On the agenda: Benson meeting — Automated License Plate (Aug 31)
What you can do in Benson
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Benson
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).