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Action packet · Generated Aug 15, 2026

Pinal County, Arizona

Everything Unsurveilled holds about this place, what it does not, the single most useful question to ask next, and the letter that asks it.

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What we know

ALPR status
Declined to adopt
Cameras mapped inside the boundary
301 · operator not established for 254
Devices the agency says it operates
45 — a sourced claim, counted separately from the map
Agency
Pinal County Sheriff's Office
Verified as of
Aug 14, 2026

Documented decisions here

  • Declined — Aug 5, 2026 · The Pinal County Sheriff announced the office will not renew its Flock Safety contract when it expires at the end of September 2026, citing Fourth Amendment concerns.

Developments we have covered

What we do not know

These are published rather than left blank. An unresolved question a resident can answer is worth more than a page that looks finished.

  • Retention period — not established
  • Outbound sharing — not established
  • Warrant standard — not established
  • Audit policy — not established
  • The Flock service agreement and its exact expiration date · public records request
  • The precise camera count and the location of each unit, particularly the San Tan Valley subset · public records request
  • Whether the Sheriff's Office intends to procure a replacement ALPR system from another vendor · public records request
  • The data-sharing configuration and which outside agencies received Pinal County data · public records request
  • Whether data already shared with partner agencies survives the contract's expiry · public records request

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Written for Pinal County specifically. No blanks to fill except your own details at the bottom.

Citation read from the Reporters Committee Open Government Guide on 2026-08-15. Arizona sets no numeric response deadline; the standard is promptness. Read the Arizona guide

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To the Records Custodian, Pinal County, Arizona

Re: Public records request — automated license plate readers

Under the Arizona Public Records Law, A.R.S. §§ 39-121 to 39-128, I request copies of the following records.

1. A current inventory or list of surveillance technologies operated by or on behalf of Pinal County Sheriff's Office, including automated license plate readers, facial recognition, drones, gunshot detection, cell-site simulators, and networked camera systems.
2. For each technology listed, the vendor, the date it was acquired, and the policy governing its use.
3. Records showing whether Pinal County Sheriff's Office can access any surveillance system operated by another agency, including regional or vendor-hosted networks.

If any responsive record is withheld in whole or in part, please identify the record and cite the specific exemption relied upon.

I request records in electronic format where they exist in that form. If fulfilling this request would incur fees, please provide an estimate before proceeding.

Thank you for your assistance.

[Your name]
[Your address, if required in Arizona]
[Your email]

General information, not legal advice. You are responsible for what you send. Public-records law varies by state and sometimes by agency.

Where to send it

This is the jurisdiction’s own records page, not an address we assembled. We publish no personal email addresses — a custodian who has changed job takes the request with them.

The Sheriff’s Records Unit is the right route for ALPR records, since the Sheriff’s Office operated the programme. The County also runs a general records-request page.

When you get a response

  1. Save the original email or PDF exactly as it arrived, including headers.
  2. Check every numbered item was answered. Partial responses are common and are usually resolved by pointing out the gap.
  3. If the answer is “no responsive records”, that is itself a finding — but ask whether it means the agency does not operate the technology, or simply holds no document. Those are different answers.
  4. If you are quoted a fee, ask for a narrower scope rather than abandoning the request.
  5. Send us what came back. A records response is what turns a decision record into a dossier, and it closes the gaps listed above for everyone, not just for you.

Sources for the facts above

Packet generated Aug 15, 2026 from the Unsurveilled record for Pinal County. Facts change; check the record before relying on this in a public setting. Guide: Give two minutes of public comment that actually lands.