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ORWELL INDEX

Arizona

Maricopa County

Source baseline

Local records research not complete

This page currently reports two source datasets for Maricopa County. We have not completed the county's public records, meeting, policy, contract, or local news research. Entries below are source leads, not independent findings by Orwell Index.

OSM points
1658
EFF Atlas entries
81
Agencies named by EFF
25
Orwell Index findings
Not researched

Community map snapshot

Captured 9 Sept 2026 from OpenStreetMap. Points are community-reported and have not been assigned to an agency by Orwell Index.

Agency technology extract

Captured 9 Sept 2026 from the EFF Atlas of Surveillance (CC-BY). EFF entries can be incomplete or outdated, so they remain attributed to that dataset.

Technologies named in the EFF extract

  • 20 Body-worn Cameras
  • 17 Automated License Plate Readers
  • 15 Drones
  • 8 Real-Time Crime Center
  • 4 Predictive Policing
  • 3 Camera Registry
  • 3 Cell-site Simulator
  • 3 Face Recognition
  • 3 Third-party Investigative Platforms
  • 2 Gunshot Detection
  • 2 Video Analytics
  • 1 Fusion Center
View all 81 EFF Atlas entries

  • Arizona Department of Public Safety

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Vigilant Solutions · Phoenix

  • Chandler Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: PIPS, Vigilant Solutions · Chandler

  • Tempe Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Vigilant Solutions · Tempe

  • Phoenix Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Vigilant Solutions · Phoenix

  • Glendale Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Vigilant Solutions · Glendale

  • Mesa Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Vigilant Solutions · Mesa

  • Paradise Valley Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Vigilant Solutions · Paradise Valley

  • Scottsdale Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · Scottsdale

  • Peoria Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Vendor listed by EFF: Axon · Peoria

  • Salt River Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Scottsdale

  • Glendale Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Glendale

  • Glendale Police Department

    Video Analytics · Vendor listed by EFF: BriefCam · Glendale

  • Mesa Police Department

    Real-Time Crime Center · Mesa

  • Chandler Police Department

    Predictive Policing · Chandler

  • Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · Litchfield Park

  • Peoria Police Department

    Camera Registry · Vendor listed by EFF: Fusus · Peoria

  • Arizona Department of Corrections

    Drones · Phoenix

  • Arizona Department of Public Safety

    Drones · Vendor listed by EFF: Aeryon Labs, DJI · Phoenix

  • Chandler Police Department

    Drones · Vendor listed by EFF: DJI · Chandler

  • Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

    Drones · Vendor listed by EFF: DJI, Autel Robotics · Phoenix

  • Paradise Valley Police Department

    Drones · Paradise Valley

  • Salt River Police Department

    Drones · Vendor listed by EFF: DJI, Yuneec · Salt River

  • Scottsdale Police Department

    Drones · Vendor listed by EFF: DJI, Flock Safety, Aerodome · Scottsdale

  • Phoenix Police Department

    Cell-site Simulator · Vendor listed by EFF: Harris Corp. · Phoenix

  • Scottsdale Police Department

    Cell-site Simulator · Vendor listed by EFF: Jacobs Technology · Scottsdale

  • Tempe Police Department

    Cell-site Simulator · Vendor listed by EFF: Harris Corp. · Tempe

  • Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center

    Fusion Center · Phoenix

  • Glendale Police Department

    Gunshot Detection · Vendor listed by EFF: ShotSpotter · Glendale

  • Phoenix Police Department

    Camera Registry · Phoneix

  • Scottsdale Police Department

    Camera Registry · Scottsdale

  • Arizona Department of Transportation

    Face Recognition · Phoenix

  • Buckeye Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Vendor listed by EFF: Axon · Buckeye

  • Tempe Police Department

    Predictive Policing · Tempe

  • Surprise Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Vendor listed by EFF: Axon · Surprise

  • Tempe Police Department

    Drones · Vendor listed by EFF: DJI · Tempe

  • Mesa Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Vendor listed by EFF: Axon · Mesa

  • Wickenburg Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Wickenburg

  • Tempe Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Tempe

  • Arizona State University Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Tempe

  • Glendale Police Department

    Predictive Policing · Vendor listed by EFF: Shotspotter · Glendale

  • Mesa Police Department

    Predictive Policing · Vendor listed by EFF: Geolitica · Mesa

  • Goodyear Police Department

    Drones · Goodyear

  • Avondale Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Avondale

  • Chandler Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Chandler

  • El Mirage Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · El Mirage

  • Gilbert Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Gilbert

  • Goodyear Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Goodyear

  • Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

    Body-worn Cameras · Phoenix

  • Paradise Valley Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Paradise Valley

  • Scottsdale Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Scottsdale

  • Tolleson Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Tolleson

  • Mesa Police Department

    Drones · Vendor listed by EFF: DJI · Mesa

  • Surprise Police Department

    Video Analytics · Vendor listed by EFF: BriefCam · Surprise

  • El Mirage Police Department

    Gunshot Detection · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · El Mirage

  • El Mirage Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · El Mirage

  • Glendale Police Department

    Face Recognition · Vendor listed by EFF: Idemia · Glendale

  • Mesa Police Department

    Third-party Investigative Platforms · Vendor listed by EFF: SoundThinking · Mesa

  • Scottsdale Police Department

    Third-party Investigative Platforms · Vendor listed by EFF: SoundThinking · Scottsdale

  • Arizona Department of Public Safety

    Face Recognition · Phoenix

  • Buckeye Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · Buckeye

  • Queen Creek Police Department

    Drones · Queen Creek

  • Phoenix Police Department

    Real-Time Crime Center · Phoenix

  • Fort McDowell Tribal Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Fort McDowell

  • Scottsdale Police Department

    Real-Time Crime Center · Scottsdale

  • Avondale Police Department

    Third-party Investigative Platforms · Vendor listed by EFF: SoundThinking · Avondale

  • Chandler Police Department

    Real-Time Crime Center · Chandler

  • Glendale Police Department

    Drones · Glendale

  • Peoria Police Department

    Real-Time Crime Center · Peoria

  • Phoenix Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Vendor listed by EFF: Axon · Phoenix

  • Phoenix Police Department

    Drones · Phoenix

  • Peoria Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · Peoria

  • Salt River Police Department

    Real-Time Crime Center · Salt River

  • Tempe Police Department

    Real-Time Crime Center · Tempe

  • Glendale Police Department

    Real-Time Crime Center · Glendale

  • Salt River Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: DJI, Yuneec · Salt River

  • Queen Creek Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · Queen Creek

  • Tolleson Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · Tolleson

  • Goodyear Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · Goodyear

  • Gilbert Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · Gilbert

  • Gilbert Police Department

    Drones · Gilbert

  • Peoria Police Department

    Drones · Vendor listed by EFF: Axon · Peoria

Civic action

Treat these entries as questions for local agencies, not settled answers.

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Personal protection

Practical steps can reduce the personal data exposed to surveillance systems.

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Map and trackers

Maricopa County, Arizona. Device data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), with community reporting via DeFlock. Open the full map →

Meetings, contracts, records

Local meetings, contracts, policies, and records have not been researched for this baseline.

How the inventory works →

What you can do

Civic action

Show up

Public comment is open to any resident, and you do not have to be an expert to use it. We have not yet confirmed where the bodies that decide for Maricopa County meet. How the inventory works explains what we check and how to check it yourself.

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Personal protection

Protect yourself

Practical steps to shrink your personal data trail. Our guides publish at launch; until then, EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense is the best starting point.

Surveillance Self-Defense ↗

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