Flock & ALPR Cameras in Sedona, Arizona
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Sedona — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Contract Canceled
Sedona is on the record here. City council voted unanimously to end their contract with Flock Safety after council members claimed they were misled and lied to about the system's data sharing features.
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No new reports near Sedona in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:58 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Sedona
The readers mapped around Sedona break down as 3 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Sedona Police Department, Coconino County Sheriff's Office. The first camera here was reported in Jul 2025; the most recent in Aug 2025.
- Red Rock Scenic Byway — 1 reader
- State Route 179 Shared Use Path — 1 reader
- Prescott–Flagstaff Highway — 1 reader
Sedona in the Coconino County picture
Coconino County has 70 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #554 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 144,643 residents and 25,131 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 74.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic. Operators named on the record: Sedona Police Department (2), Coconino County Sheriff's Office (1).
What’s watching Sedona
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 Sedona — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Sedona (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Sedona
- Yavapai County supervisors reject YCSO's new APLRs - Sedona Red Rock News
- Op-ed: Sedona kicked out Flock's spy cameras. Your city can too
- Sedona rejects license plate readers, removes Flock Safety cameras
- Sedona Council Terminates License Plate Reader Program
What you can do in Sedona
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 Sedona
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).