Pinal County
County record. Includes every city and agency within Pinal County.
Technology presence
What these categories mean
- ALPR
- Automated license plate readers (ALPR): camera systems that automatically capture, read, and log vehicle license plates with location and time, producing a searchable record of vehicle movements.
- Fixed cameras & RTCC
- Agency-operated fixed video cameras and the real-time crime centers (RTCC) that aggregate live and recorded feeds for monitoring. Extends the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Atlas, which enumerates real-time crime centers and camera registries but not standalone fixed-camera estates.
- Face recognition
- Software that matches faces in images or video against a reference database to identify or verify individuals.
- Drones / UAS
- Uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), commonly called drones, operated by an agency for overhead observation, imaging, or sensing.
- Gunshot detection
- Networks of acoustic sensors that detect and locate suspected gunfire and alert an agency.
- Body-worn & dashcam
- Officer body-worn and in-vehicle dashboard cameras that record encounters; public access to the footage is frequently restricted.
- Doorbell & camera registry
- Programs that give an agency access to privately owned camera footage: doorbell-camera partnerships, citizen camera registries, and private-camera integration platforms.
- Cell-site simulators
- Devices that mimic cell towers to locate or identify nearby mobile phones. They are often called Stingrays, or IMSI catchers after the international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number that identifies each phone on a network. Adjacent: communications surveillance outside the visual/sensor core.
- Predictive policing
- Software that forecasts where crime may occur or who may be involved, to direct policing. Adjacent: analytics rather than a sensing deployment.
- Social-media monitoring
- Tools that collect and analyze public social-media activity for an agency. Adjacent: open-source/communications monitoring outside the visual/sensor core.
The record, by agency
Eloy Police Department
The Eloy Police Department has installed 24 Flock Safety automated license plate readers, according to data obtained in July 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Muckrock
The Eloy Police Department uses body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): ABC 15
Apache Junction Police Department
As of April 2024, the Apache Junction Police Department operates Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock SafetyThe News & ObserverThe News & Observer
The Apache Junction Police Department uses body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): ABC 15
Gila River Tribal Police Department
The Gila River Tribal Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Gila River Tribal Police Department Facebook page
The Gila River Tribal Police Department recieved a grant in 2022 to purchase automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance
The Gila River Tribal Police Department operates two DJI drones as of 2017, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegeregistry.faa.gov
Casa Grande Police Department
The Casa Grande Police Department has installed 14 Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Pinal CentralCity of Casa Grande
Pinal County Sheriff's Office
The Pinal County Sheriff's Office uses body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): ABC 15
Maricopa Police Department
The Maricopa Police Department uses body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): ABC 15
The Maricopa Police Department operates one DJI Matrice 600 drone as of 2017, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewww.faa.govwww.abc15.com
The Maricopa Police Department operates a camera registry.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Maricopa Police Department
Coolidge Police Department
The Coolidge Police Department uses body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): ABC 15
The City Council approved the expenditure of about $75 thousand for three license plate reader systems in April 2019.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Comprehensive Annual Financial ReportCoolidge City Council
Superior Police Department
The Superior Police Department uses body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): ABC 15
Pinal County Attorney's Office
The Pinal County Attorney's Office operates one drone as of 2019, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewww.faa.gov
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026