Flock & ALPR Cameras in Cottonwood, Arizona
Volunteers have reported 8 automated license plate readers in and around Cottonwood — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Paused
Cottonwood is on the record here. Cottonwood paused its use of Flock cameras, joining a growing list of Arizona cities doing so.
On the record · Paused
Cottonwood is on the record here. Cottonwood paused its use of Flock cameras, joining other Arizona cities doing the same.
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No new reports near Cottonwood in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:29 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Cottonwood
The readers mapped around Cottonwood break down as 7 Flock Safety, 6 Motorola Solutions. Named operators in the reports: Cottonwood Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Jul 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- East Cottonwood Street — 3 readers
- Prescott–Flagstaff Highway — 2 readers
- South Main Street — 2 readers
- Skyview Circle — 2 readers
- Mingus Avenue — 1 reader
- North Main Street — 1 reader
- Prescott-Flagstaff Highway — 1 reader
- East Mingus Avenue — 1 reader
Cottonwood AZ PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Cottonwood AZ PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 2 other agencies.
Cottonwood in the Yavapai County picture
Yavapai County has 96 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #735 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 241,656 residents and 10,638 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 45.9% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 11 traffic. Operators named on the record: Cottonwood Police Department (2).
Camera activity around Cottonwood, last 30 days
6 newly reported in our hourly change log for Cottonwood. Latest change logged Aug 28, 2026.
What’s watching Cottonwood
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 Cottonwood — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Cottonwood (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Cottonwood
- 5 license plate readers reported removed near Cottonwood, AZ
- On the agenda: Cottonwood City Council - Sep 22, 2026 — Flock Safety (Sep 20)
- Cottonwood joins growing list of Arizona cities pausing Flock use
- Cottonwood, Payson join growing list of Arizona cities pausing Flock use
What you can do in Cottonwood
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.
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Cameras near Cottonwood
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).