Flock & ALPR Cameras in Sierra Vista, Arizona
Volunteers have reported 7 automated license plate readers in and around Sierra Vista — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Contract Canceled
Sierra Vista is on the record here. Sierra Vista, AZ terminated its Flock Safety contract covering 16 cameras. Cited reasons: Public backlash; Data ownership / AI training concerns; Vendor swap planned.
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No new reports near Sierra Vista in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 19:26 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Sierra Vista
The readers mapped around Sierra Vista break down as 7 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: The Home Depot, Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Jan 2026.
- Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway — 3 readers
- El Mercado Loop — 2 readers
- Rodeo Drive — 1 reader
- Avenida Cochise — 1 reader
City of Sierra Vista AZ and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, City of Sierra Vista AZ appears in the sharing network with connections to 103 other agencies.
Sierra Vista 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 7 traffic. Operators named on the record: The Home Depot (4), Lowe's (3).
What’s watching Sierra Vista
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 Sierra Vista — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Sierra Vista (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Sierra Vista
- Sierra Vista, AZ: Contract Canceled
- Sierra Vista Launches Transparency Portal For License Plate Cameras
- Sierra Vista City Council directs staff to end Flock license plate reader contract
- Sierra Vista Police Launch Transparency Portal for License Plate Reader Program
What you can do in Sierra Vista
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 Sierra Vista
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).