Flock & ALPR Cameras in Tucson, Arizona
Volunteers have reported 174 automated license plate readers in and around Tucson — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 5 Verkada Inc. camera newly reported
- Sep 26 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 26 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 22 Genetec camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Tucson
The readers mapped around Tucson break down as 88 Flock Safety, 29 Verkada, 12 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: University of Arizona Police Department, Tucson Police Department, Lowe's, walmart. The first camera here was reported in Apr 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- East Broadway Boulevard — 10 readers
- East Speedway Boulevard — 9 readers
- East Grant Road — 8 readers
- East Helen Street — 7 readers
- East 22nd Street — 7 readers
- East 2nd Street — 6 readers
- North Cherry Avenue — 6 readers
- North Tyndall Avenue — 6 readers
- East 1st Street — 6 readers
- North Park Avenue — 6 readers
- East 6th Street — 6 readers
- North Dodge Boulevard — 5 readers
+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around Tucson — all on the live map above.
Tucson AZ PD and the sharing network
Tucson in the Pima County picture
Pima County has 297 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,071 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 1,049,947 residents and 11,783 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 24.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 122 traffic, 30 street, 13 parking. Operators named on the record: University of Arizona Police Department (60), Tucson Police Department (35), Lowe's (2).
Camera activity around Tucson, last 30 days
17 newly reported, 8 removed in our hourly change log for Tucson. Latest change logged Sep 10, 2026.
What’s watching Tucson
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 Tucson — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Tucson (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Tucson
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Tucson, AZ
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Tucson, AZ
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Tucson, AZ
- 3 license plate readers reported removed near Tucson, AZ
What you can do in Tucson
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 Tucson
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).