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ORWELL INDEX

Arizona

Pima County

Source baseline

Local records research not complete

This page currently reports two source datasets for Pima 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
513
EFF Atlas entries
17
Agencies named by EFF
8
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 EFF entries can be incomplete or outdated, so they remain attributed to that dataset.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

  • 7 Body-worn Cameras
  • 4 Drones
  • 3 Automated License Plate Readers
  • 1 Camera Registry
  • 1 Cell-site Simulator
  • 1 Real-Time Crime Center
View all 17 EFF Atlas entries

  • Marana Police Department

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

  • Sahuarita Police Department

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

  • South Tucson Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Vendor listed by EFF: Axon · South Tucson

  • Tucson Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Tucson

  • Tucson Police Department

    Camera Registry · Tucson

  • Oro Valley Police Department

    Drones · Vendor listed by EFF: DJI · Oro Valley

  • Pima County Sheriff's Office

    Drones · Vendor listed by EFF: DJI · Tucson

  • Sahuarita Police Department

    Drones · Vendor listed by EFF: DJI · Sahuarita

  • Tucson Police Department

    Drones · Vendor listed by EFF: DJI · Tucson

  • Tucson Police Department

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

  • Tucson Police Department

    Real-Time Crime Center · Tucson

  • University of Arizona Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Tuscon

  • Oro Valley Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Oro Valley

  • Marana Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Marana

  • Pascua Yaqui Tribal Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Tucson

  • University of Arizona Police Department

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

  • Oro Valley Police Department

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

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

Pima 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.

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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 Pima 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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