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 "version": 1,
 "generatedAt": "2026-08-16T01:24:55.482Z",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0",
 "documentation": "https://unsurveilled.org/jurisdictions/",
 "fieldNotes": {
  "unknown": "The literal value \"unknown\" means Unsurveilled has not established the fact. It does not mean no, and it must not be rendered as no.",
  "knownDeviceCount": "Devices a source says exist. Null where not established.",
  "mappedDeviceCount": "Devices Unsurveilled holds coordinates for. Usually smaller.",
  "verifiedAsOf": "When these fields were last checked against sources."
 },
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  {
   "id": "chandler-az",
   "canonicalUrl": "https://unsurveilled.org/jurisdictions/chandler-az/",
   "name": "Chandler",
   "state": "Arizona",
   "stateAb": "AZ",
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   "lat": 33.3062,
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   ],
   "knownDeviceCount": 40,
   "mappedDeviceCount": 112,
   "retentionDays": null,
   "outboundSharing": "unknown",
   "warrantRequired": "unknown",
   "auditPolicy": "yes",
   "contracts": [
    {
     "label": "Flock Safety service agreement (not renewed)",
     "vendorId": "flock-safety",
     "startDate": null,
     "endDate": "2026-08-07",
     "value": null,
     "sourceIds": [
      "chandler-city-release-alpr-end"
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    }
   ],
   "nextDecision": null,
   "verifiedAsOf": "2026-08-14",
   "openQuestions": [
    {
     "question": "The 2026 audit report and the specific anomaly it identified",
     "resolveVia": "public-records-request"
    },
    {
     "question": "The three prior years of audit reports that found nothing",
     "resolveVia": "public-records-request"
    },
    {
     "question": "The outcome of the internal investigation",
     "resolveVia": "public-records-request"
    },
    {
     "question": "Retention period applied during the program, and disposition of collected data after shutdown",
     "resolveVia": "public-records-request"
    },
    {
     "question": "Whether Chandler retains access to any regional, neighbouring, or vendor ALPR database providing equivalent capability",
     "resolveVia": "public-records-request"
    },
    {
     "question": "Whether any Chandler data shared with partner agencies before shutdown remains searchable by them",
     "resolveVia": "public-records-request"
    }
   ],
   "sourceIds": [
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    "azfamily-chandler-audit-anomaly",
    "kjzz-chandler-potential-misuse"
   ],
   "verification": null,
   "faq": [
    {
     "q": "Does Chandler, Arizona use automated license plate readers?",
     "a": "No. Chandler discontinued its automated license plate reader program on August 7, 2026, ending all 40 Flock Safety cameras and revoking access for every member of the police department. Whether Chandler can still reach ALPR data through a regional or neighbouring system has not been established.",
     "sourceIds": [
      "chandler-city-release-alpr-end"
     ]
    },
    {
     "q": "Why did Chandler end its ALPR program?",
     "a": "A routine audit at the Chandler Police Department identified an anomaly in license plate reader use that could not be explained by standard police action. The police chief described it as potential misuse by someone inside the department. Rather than tighten controls, the city ended the program and did not renew the agreement.",
     "sourceIds": [
      "chandler-city-release-alpr-end",
      "kjzz-chandler-potential-misuse"
     ]
    },
    {
     "q": "Can outside agencies still search Chandler's license plate data?",
     "a": "Not established. Whether Chandler shared data with outside agencies while the program ran, and whether any of that data remains searchable by them after shutdown, is an open public-records question. Ending a contract does not automatically retrieve data already shared.",
     "sourceIds": []
    }
   ]
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  {
   "id": "pinal-county-az",
   "canonicalUrl": "https://unsurveilled.org/jurisdictions/pinal-county-az/",
   "name": "Pinal County",
   "state": "Arizona",
   "stateAb": "AZ",
   "kind": "county",
   "population": 480828,
   "lon": -111.3,
   "lat": 32.9,
   "alprStatus": "declined",
   "agencies": [
    "Pinal County Sheriff's Office"
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   "technologyIds": [
    "alpr"
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   "vendorIds": [
    "flock-safety"
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   "knownDeviceCount": 45,
   "mappedDeviceCount": 301,
   "retentionDays": null,
   "outboundSharing": "unknown",
   "warrantRequired": "unknown",
   "auditPolicy": "unknown",
   "contracts": [
    {
     "label": "Flock Safety service agreement — reported as expiring end of September 2026, not renewed",
     "vendorId": "flock-safety",
     "startDate": null,
     "endDate": "2026-09-30",
     "value": null,
     "sourceIds": [
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    }
   ],
   "nextDecision": {
    "date": "2026-09-30",
    "label": "Flock Safety contract reported to expire",
    "body": "Pinal County Sheriff's Office"
   },
   "verifiedAsOf": "2026-08-14",
   "openQuestions": [
    {
     "question": "The Flock service agreement and its exact expiration date",
     "resolveVia": "public-records-request"
    },
    {
     "question": "The precise camera count and the location of each unit, particularly the San Tan Valley subset",
     "resolveVia": "public-records-request"
    },
    {
     "question": "Whether the Sheriff's Office intends to procure a replacement ALPR system from another vendor",
     "resolveVia": "public-records-request"
    },
    {
     "question": "The data-sharing configuration and which outside agencies received Pinal County data",
     "resolveVia": "public-records-request"
    },
    {
     "question": "Whether data already shared with partner agencies survives the contract's expiry",
     "resolveVia": "public-records-request"
    }
   ],
   "sourceIds": [
    "abc15-pinal-county-nonrenewal"
   ],
   "verification": null,
   "faq": [
    {
     "q": "Does Pinal County, Arizona use automated license plate readers?",
     "a": "Reporting indicates the Pinal County Sheriff's Office operated roughly 45 Flock Safety cameras and announced in early August 2026 that it would not renew the contract when it expires at the end of September 2026. Whether the office will procure a replacement system from another vendor has not been established.",
     "sourceIds": [
      "abc15-pinal-county-nonrenewal"
     ]
    },
    {
     "q": "Why did the Pinal County Sheriff decline to renew?",
     "a": "The stated reason was Fourth Amendment concerns, rather than cost or performance. This is reported rather than confirmed by a written statement from the office, which remains an outstanding records request.",
     "sourceIds": [
      "abc15-pinal-county-nonrenewal"
     ]
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "queen-creek-az",
   "canonicalUrl": "https://unsurveilled.org/jurisdictions/queen-creek-az/",
   "name": "Queen Creek",
   "state": "Arizona",
   "stateAb": "AZ",
   "kind": "municipality",
   "population": 78000,
   "lon": -111.6343,
   "lat": 33.2487,
   "alprStatus": "unknown",
   "agencies": [
    "Queen Creek Police Department"
   ],
   "technologyIds": [
    "alpr"
   ],
   "vendorIds": [
    "flock-safety"
   ],
   "knownDeviceCount": null,
   "mappedDeviceCount": 46,
   "retentionDays": null,
   "outboundSharing": "unknown",
   "warrantRequired": "unknown",
   "auditPolicy": "unknown",
   "contracts": [],
   "nextDecision": null,
   "verifiedAsOf": "2026-08-14",
   "openQuestions": [
    {
     "question": "Who operates the 41 mapped cameras that carry no operator tag (34 of them Flock) — the Town, Pinal County, a neighbouring agency, or private businesses?",
     "resolveVia": "public-records-request"
    },
    {
     "question": "Does the Town of Queen Creek or Queen Creek Police Department hold any ALPR contract, purchase order, or service agreement?",
     "resolveVia": "public-records-request"
    },
    {
     "question": "Can Queen Creek PD query a regional, county, or vendor ALPR database operated by another agency?",
     "resolveVia": "public-records-request"
    },
    {
     "question": "The department's written policy governing ALPR use, if one exists",
     "resolveVia": "public-records-request"
    },
    {
     "question": "Data retention period for any system the Town operates or can access",
     "resolveVia": "public-records-request"
    },
    {
     "question": "Outbound data-sharing configuration and the list of agencies with access",
     "resolveVia": "public-records-request"
    },
    {
     "question": "Any council agenda item, study session, or vote concerning surveillance technology",
     "resolveVia": "council-agenda"
    },
    {
     "question": "Whether the Town publishes a surveillance technology inventory",
     "resolveVia": "public-records-request"
    }
   ],
   "sourceIds": [
    "osm-alpr-eastvalley"
   ],
   "verification": null,
   "faq": [
    {
     "q": "Are there license plate readers in Queen Creek, Arizona?",
     "a": "Yes. Volunteers have mapped 46 automated license plate readers inside the Queen Creek municipal boundary in OpenStreetMap, 39 of which are Flock Safety hardware. That is a floor rather than a full inventory — it counts what people have found and recorded, not what exists.",
     "sourceIds": [
      "osm-alpr-eastvalley"
     ]
    },
    {
     "q": "Does the Town of Queen Creek operate those cameras?",
     "a": "Not established, and this is the distinction that matters. Five of the mapped Flock cameras are tagged to private businesses — three to The Home Depot and two to Simon Property Group. The other 34 Flock cameras carry no operator tag at all — 41 of the 46 mapped cameras are unattributed across all vendors — so they could belong to the Town, to Pinal County, to a neighbouring agency, or to other private property owners. Unsurveilled has not obtained a Town contract, policy, or procurement record, so we do not assert that Queen Creek runs an ALPR program.",
     "sourceIds": [
      "osm-alpr-eastvalley"
     ]
    },
    {
     "q": "Can outside agencies access Queen Creek surveillance data?",
     "a": "Not established. This cannot be answered before the operator question is, and it is listed as an open records request.",
     "sourceIds": []
    }
   ]
  }
 ]
}