June 17, 2026

New Flock Cameras Installed in Chandler, City Permission in Question

Chandler, Arizona – On June 11, two new Flock cameras were installed around the Galveston neighborhood in Chandler, at the intersections where previous cameras, after public opposition in May, were taken down. They were installed by a contractor with Flock, and a police officer was present. The city says that relocation efforts are ongoing for the five cameras that were removed from the area in May, but didn’t specify if these two were included in those efforts. They also explained that the technology has been updated, which may explain why the new cameras are a different, more current version of what seems to be the Flock Falcon ALPR camera. It is unclear where the previous cameras have gone, and the city has not yet responded to questions about the issue. One more camera was installed near the intersection of Warner Rd and Alma School Rd. As of writing these are the only 3 locations East Valley Unite is aware of.

“The Chandler Police Department first lied on multiple occasions about these specific locations of Flock cameras in the Galveston neighborhood,” said Nathan Taylortaft, co-director of East Valley Unite. “Now, they are overseeing installation of more cameras in that same neighborhood, and we don’t have any clear answers.”

If this was done without city authorization, Chandler would not be an isolated incident. In Troy, NY, “police installed 26 cameras without council approval,” according to the Washington Post. In Evanston, IL, Flock has reinstalled cameras that were previously taken down, without city permission, with multiple being a different version of camera, resembling the new ones installed in Chandler. This caused the city of Evanston to send Flock a cease-and-desist order. 

As of this most recent update, about 1/6 of Chandler’s Flock cameras surround less than 1/60 of the city’s land, also the only area where about 60% of the population is Hispanic according to census tract data.

“The choice for the city council seems exceptionally clear,” said Taylortaft. “We cannot trust Chandler PD with this mass surveillance technology, especially when they have lied about it repeatedly and the system targets racial minorities. The community is overwhelmingly opposed to Flock (and other ALPR systems), and if council members truly represent us, they would cancel the contract.”